Pros And Cons Of Aspirin

Dating back to the Middle Ages, pain relief was found in the bark of willow trees often drank in the form of an extract. This was due to a chemical called salicin which converts to salicylic acid in the body. People noticed that this took away their headaches but irritated the stomach greatly. To combat this, German pharmacist and chemist Felix Hoffman came up a solution that replaced the acetylated salicylic acid with acetylsalicylic acid which is now known under the household name of “Aspirin” (Kimbrough 8). But aspirin has many more uses than just pain relief, it can deal with inflammation and fever reduction. While many people believe that aspirin and ibuprofen are the same drug, they have different chemical makeups but are all part of a group called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAI) drugs. It is important to know why aspirin provides the relief that it does so that it’s users can know how it works and why it does so many helpful things for the body. To exemplify, prostaglandins are the lipids that cause certain painful bodily functions. They are very powerful chemicals and cause the pain of processes like swelling, fever, menstrual cramps, labor, blood clotting and asthma attacks. The chemical makeup of prostaglandins is very complex. For example, they contain elements, chains and bonds. As written in …show more content…
Aspirin should not be overused, but also not ruled out as a serious pain reliever against more highly concentrated medications. The benefits of aspirin are more vast than many know and understand and the research currently being put into aspirin could change medical treatment as it is known today. Just a few of these include further development as to the cardiovascular benefits of NSAI drugs and which NSAI drug is the most beneficial for overall usage, age groups and other