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Effect of sodium salicylate and acetylsalicylic acid on epicardial ST-segment elevation during coronary artery occlusion in dogs.

The effect of sodium salicylate and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on myocardial ischaemic injury following acute coronary artery occlusion has been studied in thoracotomized dogs during basal conditions and during elevation of plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentration induced by intravenous (i.v.) infusion of isoprenaline (0.075-0.15 microgram/kg/min). Ischaemic injury was measured as the sum of ST-segment elevations (sigmaST) in epicardial ECG recordings from 10-15 sites 15 min after occlusion. Both sodium salicylate and ASA (60 mg/kg) significantly reduced sigmaST both before and during isoprenaline infusion. Arterial concentrations of FFA were reduced by either drug during isoprenaline infusion, whereas in the basal state only a significant effect by sodium salicylate could be demonstrated. The reduction in epicardial ST-segment elevation during coronary occlusion could not be explained by reduced mechanical activity of the heart. It is suggested that the reduction by salicylates of myocardial ischaemic injury might be related to reduced utilization of FFA by the myocardium, although a FFA-nondependent mechanism cannot be excluded in the basal state.

Animals↗

Acetylsalicylic acid or paracetamol?

Paracetamol, a widely used non-narcotic analgesic, has the same analgesic, and antipyretic efficacy as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). In contrast to ASA, paracetamol has traditionally been claimed to have little or no anti-inflammatory effect. There is, however, increasing support for the view that paracetamol has anti-inflammatory activity and reduces pain and swelling in inflammatory conditions other than rheumatoid arthritis. Overall, paracetamol seems to be equally effective as ASA. Since ASA has a greater potential for adverse effects, paracetamol is increasingly preferred to ASA, particularly in children.

Acetaminophen↗

[Treatment of chronic proliferative glomerulonephritis using acetylsalicylic acid and dipyridamole].

Fourteen patients with chronic proliferative glomerulonephritis were given for the period of one year 400 mg acetylsalicylic acid and 225 mg dipyridamole per day. During this treatment the thrombocyte aggregation became normal, however, the mean reduction of antiheparin plasma activity was not statistically significant. Normal synthesis of renal prostacyclin declined significantly as a result of treatment, while the renal thromboxane A2 synthesis remained normal even during treatment. Treatment did not influence proteinuria. The mean annual decline of glomerular filtration was greater during the investigation period than the mean annual decline in previous years, the difference was, however, only at the borderline of statistical significance. The authors did not prove a favourable effect of this treatment in patients with chronic proliferative glomerulonephritis.

Adult↗

Acute effects of acetylsalicylic acid on renal and hepatic function in normal humans.

The effect of a single oral dose (1 g) of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on renal function and hepatic enzymes as well as prothrombin time was studied in two series of experiments on normal human volunteers. Radioimmunoassay of albumin and beta 2-microglobulin excretion rates in urine revealed a statistically significant increase in both beta 2-microglobulin and albumin excretion rates within 2 h after dosage. Hepatic enzymes were not influenced by a single dose of ASA, while a statistically significant reduction in prothrombin time was registered. High-pressure liquid chromatography was used for measuring serum levels of ASA and salicylic acid (SA). Peak levels of 500 mumol/l and 150 mumol/l for SA and ASA, respectively, were found.

Adolescent↗

Influence of acetylsalicylic acid on bleeding time and serum thromboxane B2 in diabetes mellitus type I.

Basal and two hours after 600 mg acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) bleeding times were measured in 21 type I diabetic patients with retinopathy, 24 type I diabetic patients without retinopathy and 21 normal healthy volunteers. There were no significant differences either in basal or in after ASA bleeding times between these groups, but the percentage increase in bleeding time after ASA was significantly higher than normal in both diabetic groups. No correlation was found between basal--bleeding time and glucose, Hb A1 or lipid profile. TXB2 production by spontaneous blood clotting was drastically reduced by ASA in both diabetic and normal groups. Platelet hyperactivity in diabetes mellitus may be due, at least in part, to a predominance of the proaggregatory effects of TXA2 over the antiaggregatory effects of PGI2.

Adolescent↗

[Comparative therapeutic activity of pirprofen and acetylsalicylic acid in rheumatoid arthritis. A 12-month controlled multicenter study].

This double-blind cooperative study comparing pirprofen and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis was conducted in 12 centres and involved 342 patients distributed throughout the United States. The patients were randomized to either pirprofen 200 mg four times a day or ASA 900 mg four times a day. The drugs were administered for 52 weeks. Nine standard clinical criteria were used for assessment of the therapeutic results by the investigators and by the patients themselves. Fifty-five % of the total patient population reported that they were highly satisfied with pirprofen, as against 47% with ASA. The investigators preferred pirprofen in 51% of the cases and ASA in 38% (p less than 0.05). Side effects (tinnitus, gastrointestinal disorders) were more frequent in the ASA group than in the pirprofen group. During the 52-week treatment-period, biological alterations were only observed in two patients (1 on pirprofen, 1 on ASA).

Anti-Inflammatory Agents↗

Food sensitivity reported by patients with asthma and hay fever. A relationship between food sensitivity and birch pollen-allergy and between food sensitivity and acetylsalicylic acid intolerance.

Among adult patients with bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinitis undergoing allergological investigation with skin test, nasal provocation test and RAST, 1129 answered a questionaire regarding food sensitivity (FS). 276 (24%) of the patients reported some kind of allergic symptoms on eating or handling various foods, of which hazel nut, apple and shell fish were the most often named. Females reported FS more often than males. A correlation was found between birch pollen allergy and FS with nuts, apple, peach, cherry, pear, plum, carrot and new potato. The higher the degree of birch pollen allergy, according to skin test, RAST or provocation test, the higher the frequency of FS. A correlation was found too between acetylsalicylic acid intolerance and FS with some foods, e.g. nuts, strawberry, almond, green pepper, hip, chocolate, egg, cabbage, milk and wine. The connection between birch pollen allergy and FS is probably explained by the structural relationship between birch pollen allergen and some allergens of the foodstuffs, whereas the high incidence of FS in acetylsalicylic acid-intolerant patients is probably explained by additives in foods as well as salicylates or benzoates naturally occurring in some food.

Adolescent↗

High-pressure liquid chromatographic determination of acetylsalicylic acid, salicylic acid, diflunisal, indomethacin, indoprofen and indobufen.

A high-pressure liquid chromatographic technique was developed which allowed concurrent measurement of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and salicylic acid (SA) in plasma. ASA was extensively deacetylated to SA not only in vivo but also in vitro, even in frozen plasma. The in vitro conversion could be prevented by physostigmine. In vivo, ASA was eliminated within few hours, whereas SA was continuously present following daily administration of conventional doses of ASA. A slight modification of a similar method, originally developed for naproxen determination [9], was found appropriate for measurement of the SA derivative diflunisal, of two non-SA antiinflammatory agents, indomethacin and indoprofen, and of a related anti-platelet agent, indobufen.

Anti-Inflammatory Agents↗

Acetylsalicylic acid has no effects on various isolated immune cells in vitro.

In addition to the well known biological effects of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), its stimulating effect on the immune system has recently been described. In the present study, therefore, the influence of ASA on isolated leucocytes was investigated in vitro. Various concentrations of ASA, representing therapeutic concentrations, had neither an inhibitory nor a stimulating influence on the cytotoxicity of CD16-positive cells. The phytohaemagglutinin-induced proliferation of lymphocytes and the phagocytosis activity of monocytes and neutrophilic granulocytes was similarly unaffected. These results would indicate that the immunostimulating effects already described for ASA cannot be examined in isolated leucocytes in vitro and should be attributed to an interaction of various effector cells in vivo.

Aspirin↗

Acetylsalicylic acid inhibition of n-butyl-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine-induced bladder carcinogenesis in rats.

We examined the effect of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on n-butyl-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BHBN)-induced bladder carcinogenesis in male Wistar rats. Of 29 rats that received 0.05% BHBN in their drinking water for 9 weeks, 8 developed bladder cancer. Only 1 out of 29 rats that received 0.1% ASA in their diet for 20 weeks, including the period of BHBN consumption, developed a tumor. That difference is statistically significant. Bladder weight was significantly higher in rats given BHBN than in controls and in rats given both BHBN and ASA. We conclude that ASA inhibits BHBN-induced bladder carcinogenesis.

Animals↗

Analysis of tablets containing acetylsalicylic acid and phenylephrine by high-performance liquid chromatography.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method permitted the quantitation of acetylsalicylic acid, phenylephrine, caffeine and phenacetin in tablets, and of the main impurities, salicylic acid and mono- and diacetyl derivatives of phenylephrine. A C8 reversed-phase column was used with a mobile phase containing methanol-1 M phosphoric acid-water 34:5:61 v/v/v.

Journal Article↗

The post-exercise oxidative stress is depressed by acetylsalicylic acid.

In order to assess whether oxidative stress occurs after fatiguing dynamic contractions of a small forearm muscle group, we estimated the kinetics of changes in some of its biomarkers (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances or TBARS; plasma reduced ascorbic acid or RAA; erythrocyte reduced glutathione or GSH). We also tested the hypothesis that acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) may compete with endogenous radical targets, attenuating the post-exercise oxidative stress. Seven male subjects successively performed a 3-min dynamic handgrip exercise with the dominant and then the contralateral forearm. Blood samples were taken from an antecubital vein in each exercising forearm. Biochemical analyses, including the concentration measurements of lactic acid, potassium, and oxidative stress markers were performed at rest and then during the 30-min period of recovery following each exercise. The same day, exercises were repeated after ingestion of a single dose (10 mg/kg) of ASA, and the same exercises were performed after a 3-day ASA treatment (30 mg/kg/day). In control condition, the changes in TBARS, RAA and GSH were already significant immediately after the end of the forearm exercise. They culminated after 5 min, and control values were recovered by a 30-min rest period. We verified that repeated bouts failed to alter the post-exercise variations. ASA did not modify the lactic acid production significantly, though the 3-day ASA treatment significantly reduced the efflux of potassium (-74%, P < 0.05), and the post-exercise variations of TBARS (-45%, P < 0.01), RAA (-44%, P < 0.01) and GSH (-48%, P < 0.01). These results suggest that the dynamic handgrip exercise is a good model for studying the post-exercise oxidative stress and also that ASA seems to offer an efficient protection against oxidative stress and the changes in membrane permeability to potassium.

Adult↗

Randomised trial of pentoxifylline versus acetylsalicylic acid plus dipyridamole in preventing transient ischaemic attacks.

In a multicentre trial to compare the ability of a combination of acetylsalicylic acid and dipyridamole (1050 mg + 150 mg/day, group A) to prevent recurrence of transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) with that of pentoxifylline (1200 mg/day, group B), 36 patients received the combination and 30 pentoxifylline. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups as regards age, sex, blood pressure, site of origin of TIA, and incidence of other risk factors. The incidence of recurrent TIAs during 1 year of follow-up was 28% in group A and 10% in group B; this difference was significant (p less than 0.05). The incidence of permanent strokes was similar in the two groups but distinctly lower (4.5%) than that usually reported after untreated TIA.

Aspirin↗

Abnormally high platelet activity after discontinuation of acetylsalicylic acid treatment.

Production of 12-L-hydroxy-5, 8, 10-heptadecatrienoic acid (12-HHT) from platelets and bleeding times were studied in 32 males during acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) treatment and 1 and 2 weeks after withdrawal. All patients (age 42-77 years) had ASA treatment because of angina pectoris. The metabolite 12-HHT is formed in the same amount as the proaggregatory and vasoactive metabolite thromboxane A2. Initially the daily ASA dose was 75 mg (n = 15), 160 mg (n = 12) or 250-300 mg (n = 5). In all patients, median 12-HHT level increased from 40 to 240g/750 x 10(6) platelets (P < 0.001) 1 week after withdrawal of ASA, and four patients had abnormally high values. Median bleeding time decreased from 312 to 268 s (P = 0.003) in the 75 mg group and from 315 to 235 s in the 160 mg group (P = 0.01). Two weeks after withdrawal of ASA, median 12-HHT was 390g/750 x 10(6) platelets and eight patients (25%) had abnormally high values. One patient still had a prolonged bleeding time. Wide interindividual variations were observed in all groups. Our results indicate that rapid withdrawal of ASA, may cause abnormally high 12-HHT levels reflecting increase of thromboxane A2 with possible hazardous effects in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Adult↗

Does acetylsalicylic acid interfere with stimulated pancreatic secretion? An experimental study in the rat.

To evaluate the effect of the prostaglandin inhibitor acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on rat exocrine pancreas secretion, three groups of rats were administered ASA by infusion: Groups 1-3, 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg body wt, respectively; Group 4 received saline. Twenty minutes later these ASA-pretreated groups were given intraarterial secretin (18 CU/kg) and cholecystokinin (CCK) (18 micrograms/kg). In an additional three groups of seven rats each, saline solution rather than secretin-CCK was given after ASA pretreatment. Pancreatic juice was collected every 10 min by means of a chronic pancreatic fistula. Bicarbonate and protein concentrations were measured and variations in outputs observed. No significant variations were found in the bicarbonate concentrations and outputs of rats with different types of pharmacological treatment, while protein concentrations and outputs were found to vary with time and type of experiment. There was, however, no interaction between these two variables. At lower ASA dosages, the bicarbonate and protein concentrations and outputs of secretin-CCK-stimulated rats were higher than the basal values and the levels of rats without hormonal stimulation. At higher dosages, no difference was found between the two groups. In conclusion, ASA seems to interfere with stimulated pancreatic exocrine secretion of proteins, even when its effect on bicarbonate concentration is factored in, and its effect seems to be present at the highest dosages considered in the study. Among the various hypotheses that may explain this phenomenon, an antagonizing effect of ASA on secretin-CCK action should be the first to be considered.

Animals↗

Slow release of acetylsalicylic acid by intravitreal silicone oil.

PURPOSE: To assess in vitro the potential of silicone oil as a delivery system for acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and to evaluate in vivo the pharmacokinetic distribution of salicylic acid (SA) in the eye. METHODS: In an experimental model ASA/silicone oil suspension mixed to a concentration of 1.67 mg/mL was investigated for release rate of ASA and SA. In vivo vitrectomy and intravitreal injection of two different ASA/silicone oil suspensions, both mixed to a concentration of 1.67 mg/mL, was performed on two groups, A and B, of New Zealand white rabbits. Salicylic acid concentrations in ocular tissues, aqueous, vitreous, and blood plasma were evaluated at 6 hours, 24 hours, and 5 days using high performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS: Salicylic acid was detected in all tissues. The highest levels were obtained in the vitreous: 745.4 microg/mL (A) and 640.0 microg/mL (B) at 6 hours. The retina followed with 332.9 ng/mg (A) and 281.3 ng/mg (B) at 6 hours and 31.6 ng/mg (A) and 48.1 ng/mg (B) at day 5. The maximum blood plasma levels were 5.2 microg/mL. CONCLUSION: Silicone oil is an efficacious delivery system of ASA in vitro and in vivo. Higher concentrations of SA were found in all ocular tissues and fluids when compared to intravenous administration of maximum doses.

Animals↗

Comparison of intravenous valproate with intravenous lysine-acetylsalicylic acid in acute migraine attacks.

OBJECTIVE: The study compared efficacy and tolerability of intravenous valproate (iVPA) with intravenous lysine-acetylsalicylic acid (iLAS) in acute migraine attacks. Background.-iLAS has been proven to be a highly effective treatment in acute migraine attacks, but it is not available in many countries and contraindicated in patients with asthma or peptic ulcers. Current data suggest that iVPA may be effective in the treatment of acute migraine attacks. DESIGN/METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind, parallel-group phase-II study, 40 patients with acute migraine attacks (onset <5 hours, severe or moderate headache on a four-point IHS scale) alternately received iVPA 800 mg or iLAS 1000 mg. Primary outcome criteria were the percentage of patients reporting pain relief after 1 hour and patients who remained sustained pain free for 24 hours following drug administration. Secondary outcome criteria were relief of pain and associated migrainous symptoms (nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia) at 1, 2, 24, and 48 hours following drug administration. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in demographic and clinical features between both treatment groups. Percentage of pain relief after 1 hour in the iVPA and iLAS groups were 25% and 30%, respectively, and of sustained pain free for 24 hours were 20% and 30%, respectively, without significant differences (P = 1 and P= .72, respectively). Both drugs improved associated migrainous symptoms without significant differences at the different time points, but again with a trend in favor of iLAS. No adverse events were observed. CONCLUSION: Both drugs were effective in acute migraine attacks with a trend in favor of iLAS. As both drugs were well tolerated, further studies with higher doses of iVPA for the treatment of acute migraine attacks are recommended.

Acute Disease↗

Tissue acetylsalicylic acid esterase activity in rats with acute and chronic liver damage from carbon-tetrachloride and ethanol.

The hydrolysis of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in vivo by serum and various tissues of rats with experimentally produced acute and chronic toxic liver damage, was estimated by spectrophotometric measurement of salicylic acid (SA) appearance. It was inferred from the data obtained that the liver tissue helped to maintain normal ASA esterase activity in the blood which would otherwise be affected by liver damage.

Alcoholic Intoxication↗