
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast
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What Is Aspirin?
It wasn't until the 1970s that we found out actually how aspirin worked. Asperin was now used and... How's that fact, everyone? Are you going to keep that fact in your head and tell your friends? So that's Asperin. Primarily, as we said, it's a very successful drug for blocking platelet aggregation. But they derived it from a particular flower that they call meadow sweet, which is Sperre,. And that's where the word asperin comes from.
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