Aspirin is a member of a family of chemicals called salicylates.
How it’s Used: Aspirin is usually taken in the form of a pill and is taken orally.
Effects: Aspirin helps these problems by stopping cells from making prostaglandins. COX-2 is a protein made by your body’s cells whose job is to take chemicals floating around in your tissues and turn them into prostaglandins. Aspirin, it turns out, sticks to COX-2 and won’t let it do its job.
Side Effects
If you hit your finger with a hammer and it’s bleeding, an aspirin may help the pain and swelling, but the wound may take longer to clot and stop bleeding. Also, it can be very upsetting to the stomach, especially at the high doses often used in arthritis. Aspirin also isn’t used as much for fevers in children since research has suggested that aspirin given to kids with flu, chickenpox, or other viral sicknesses may cause a potentially deadly problem called Reye syndrome. Aspirin also changes the way your kidneys make urine, can cause some people to have trouble breathing (rarely), and can be dangerous at very high doses.
Remedies
Here are some sites that offer remedies for drugs including Asprin.
- DrugHelp.org is a private, non-profit information and referral network providing information on specific drugs and treatment options, and referrals to public and private treatment programs, self-help groups, family support groups and crisis centers throughout the United States.
- Narconon Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment for Addiction. High success rate. Offers Narconon Drug Prevention and Education Services.
- Church Of Scientology International Drug Solutions presents information on effective drug education, drug prevention and drug rehabilitation.
- Drug Education Council offers ways to prevent drug abuse and become better informed about current local and national community awareness efforts.