1. Generic name/ Active ingredient: Aspirin 100mg and Glycine 45mg
2. Trade name: Cardiprin 100
3. Dosage form: Tablet
4. Company: Reckitt Benckiser
5. Legal classification: Standard List 1 (SL1)
6. Drug classification: Antiplatelets
7. Commonly used: Stroke prevention
Aspirin
- Also known as acetylsalicylic acid.
- Relieves minor aches and pain like muscle and joint pains, headache, nerve pain, pain from cuts and joint injury.
- Relieves period pain.
- Reduces fever.
- Reduces inflammation e.g. arthritic patient.
- Helps to prevent abnormal clotting of blood – decrease the chance of a stroke.
- Not suitable for people whose blood does not clot normally.
- Contraindicated for pregnant women, gout patient and those who are prone to stomach pain.
- Not suitable for children or teenagers.
- May worsen asthma.
- Avoid taking large amounts of coffee or aspirin while using cimetidine, Famotidine, Ranitidine (decreasing the amount of acid produced by the stomach)
- non-narcotic drug
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