Table 1.
| Over-the-Counter Uses | |
| For the temporary relief of minor aches and pains associated with: |
Headache Backache Muscular aches A cold Toothache Minor pain of arthritis Premenstrual and menstrual cramps |
| Temporarily reduces fever | |
| Physician prescribing information | |
| Vascular indications (ischemic stroke, TIA, acute MI, prevention of recurrent MI, unstable angina pectoris, and chronic stable angina pectoris) | Aspirin is indicated to (1) reduce the combined risk of death and non-fatal stroke in patients who have had ischemic stroke or transient ischemia of the brain due to fibrin platelet emboli; (2) reduce the risk of vascular mortality in patients with a suspected acute MI; (3) reduce the combined risk of death and non-fatal MI in patients with a previous MI or unstable angina pectoris; and (4) reduce the combined risk of MI and sudden death in patients with chronic stable angina pectoris |
| Revascularization procedures (CABG, PTCA, and carotid endarterectomy) | Aspirin is indicated in patients who have undergone revascularization procedures (i.e., CABG, PTCA, or carotid endarterectomy) when there is a preexisting condition for which aspirin is already indicated. |
| Rheumatologic disease indications (RA, juvenile RA, spondyloarthropathies, osteoarthritis, and the arthritis and pleurisy of SLE) | Aspirin is indicated for the relief of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondyloarthropathies, and arthritis and pleurisy associated with SLE |
CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, MI myocardial infarction, PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, TIA transient ischemic attack.