For patients with three high diseases, atherosclerosis or have had cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, they should all be familiar with a drug, which is known as the bedside treasure of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease patients, this drug is the legend: aspirin!
The drug was born in Germany in 1897 and was developed by Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Its main component is acetylsalicylic acid. Many people mistakenly believe that patients with cardiovascular-related diseases need to take this drug because it can control blood pressure or blood lipids, but in fact, it is far from what everyone thinks.
According to the current clinical data, the efficacy of aspirin is mainly as follows:
1. Antipyretic and analgesic
In the initial stage of aspirin development, it is mainly used to understand heat analgesia, etc., it has a significant antipyretic and analgesic effect, which can reduce the body temperature of people with fever to a normal state, and for people with normal body temperature, there is generally no impact.
However, its analgesic effect is relatively mild, moderate body surface pain, especially inflammatory pain has obvious effect, such as cold fever headache, migraine, toothache and neuralgia, etc., can use aspirin analgesia;
2. Fight rheumatism
Relevant research investigations have shown that aspirin, a drug, has shown obvious anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic effects at the maximum tolerated dose. Patients with acute rheumatism can be relieved of clinical symptoms and decreased erythrocyte sedimentation rate within 24-48 hours of using the drug.
Therefore, the drug is often used as a diagnostic drug and treatment. At the same time, aspirin can also reduce inflammation and pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis;
3. Prevent blood clots
In the 1950s, it was clinically found that aspirin not only played a role in antipyretic and analgesic effect, but also had antiplatelet coagulation effects.
After entering the human body, acetylsalicylic acid can significantly inhibit the cohesiveness of platelets in the body, which can form an irreversible combination with platelets, so that the platelets that were originally condensed together are scattered, and aspirin can also reduce the production of coagulation factors, so it is approved for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
In the simplest terms, aspirin is an anticoagulant drug, which has an irreplaceable effect on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
4. Prevent cancer
There are relevant research surveys that show that aspirin may also have a certain effect in the field of anti-cancer. Because aspirin itself is an anti-inflammatory drug, the long-term presence of inflammatory reactions in the body is one of the high risk factors for the emergence of cancer. The anti-inflammatory effect of aspirin can inhibit the development of inflammation and reduce the cause of cancer.
Not only that, when cancer cells metastasize with blood circulation, when platelets appear to coagulate, they will inhibit the activity of immune cells and accelerate the process of cancer cell metastasis. And aspirin is precisely the drug that inhibits platelet aggregation, which can inhibit the development of cancer cells.
From the above content, it is not difficult to see that aspirin, a drug, does have many benefits for the human body. However, we must not forget that its essence is a prescription drug, which may also produce various side effects while treating diseases, such as coagulation disorders, allergic reactions, digestive tract damage and so on.
Moreover, although aspirin has many advantages, it is not suitable for everyone to take, let alone as a health supplement or anti-cancer drug. Only people who meet the conditions for taking the drug, under the guidance of a doctor, can use the drug to treat diseases.