Pros And Cons Of Aspirin

Explaining what Aspirin is.
An aspirin is a medication used as a treatment to those who are suffering from mild conditions, such as fever, pain, and/or inflammation. It's helpful use is to give aid to those who are suffering from toothaches, common colds, chest pain, headaches, and many more symptoms of mild pain, fever, or inflammation. It is also known to reduce blood clotting. Its scientific name is acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), with it’s chemical formula being C9H8O4, and its IUPAC name being 2-acetyloxy benzoic acid. Aspirin’s appearance in most cases, are usually white to colorless with no type of odor due to its main ingredient, salicylic acid. Salicylic acid was first founded by Edward Stone in 1763. However, aspirin wasn’t created until
Aspirin is made up of several inactive ingredients, such as corn starch, hypromellose, powdered cellulose, and triacetin. Some say it contains carnauba wax but it is still considered unsure. The pros of aspirin does help relieve pain, however, it should not be taken further on if you have certain allergies or medical conditions that may cause you to not being able to take it due to the ingredients or if your pain worsens. Cons of this medication includes, yellowing of the eyes/skin, black or bloody stools, worsened fever, swelling, vomiting, and severe stomach pain. These side effects above would most likely lead you
Quite similar to ibuprofen, acetaminophen is used to treat many conditions such as headache, muscle aches, arthritis, backache, toothaches, colds, and fevers. There are other purposes this medication could be used for. Another name for acetaminophen is Paracetamol/APAP, while its chemical formula is C8H9NO2 and its IUPAC name is n-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide. Acetaminophen comes from its chemical name, para-acetylaminophenol, which is broken down into acet-amino-phen. Acetaminophen is known to have several different appearances, ranging from white to red/gray-blue to just plain red. When acetaminophen was first created, it was discovered accidentally while metabolizing another drug called phenacetin, which is no longer in use today. Types of acetaminophen in stores today are Tylenol and just the general name itself. It was created by Bernard Brodie and Julius Axelrod in the late 1880s, but wasn’t finalized for patients’ use until 1956, where it was first introduced in the United Kingdom. We all know that the pros of acetaminophen is obviously pain relief, but let’s not forget about the cons of this medication as well. Certain ingredients in this medication may trigger severe allergic reactions, so please ask your doctor or pharmacist if taking this medicine will be safe. Also when the medicine is being taken and you start to notice things, such as skin rash, itching, bloody urine, yellow eyes/skin,