Aspirin

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"How Aspirin Works: New Understandings

Aspirin ranks as one of the world's oldest pain relievers. One form of the drug can be found in willow leaves. It has been sold in tablet form since about the turn of the century. Aspirin belongs to a group of about 24 similar pharmacologic agents known collectively as the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Despite the long history and widespread application of these drugs, however, the biological mechanisms responsible for their physiologic effects have remained largely unknown. Only in recent decades have researchers begun to understand how aspirin works at the molecular level.
In 1971, Vane and his associates discovered that aspirin inhibits prostaglandin formation. Prostaglandins are a type of fatty acid. Their formation represents the first committed step ..."

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