Question

Aspirin is pain relieving antipyretic drug but can be used to prevent heart attack. Explain.

Answer 1

Aspirin prevents platelet coagulation and thus has anti-blood clothing action, therefore, can prevent blood clotting in the heart.

Aspirin is 2- acetoxybenzoic acid. It is very effective in reducing or abolishing pain without causing impairment of consciousness, mental confusion, incoordination or paralysis or some other disturbance or disorder of the nervous system.