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Aspirin or paracetamol – what’s good for you?
Author(s) -
Loke Y. K.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.01019.x
Subject(s) - aspirin , medicine , analgesic , adverse effect , peptic ulcer , safer , intensive care medicine , peptic , anesthesia , computer security , computer science
Summary Paracetamol is widely used as an over the counter analgesic because it is perceived to be safer than aspirin. In carefully selected trial populations, aspirin therapy carries a relatively low (but statistically significant) absolute risk increase in gastrointestinal adverse events. The risk from aspirin may potentially be higher in individuals who have risk factors for peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal haemorrhage. As such, paracetamol may well be the preferred choice in many instances.