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Its been years since I've seen any bottles or packs of full dose Aspirin in a pharmacy here (Singapore). Seems like nowadays you can only get those low-dose tab
by ahonhn 4y ago
Its been years since I've seen any bottles or packs of full dose Aspirin in a pharmacy here (Singapore). Seems like nowadays you can only get those low-dose tablets for blood thinning and they cost a fortune (compared to generic Panadol or what normal Aspirin used to cost)
- paganel 4y agoHere in Romania I always have aspirin at hand. I take a pill of ibuprofen every once in a while when I have a bad headache, and paracetamol-based drugs only as a last resort when I have a bad cold or similar.
- masklinn 4y agoSame here, aspirin is as accessible as ibuprofen and paracetamol. I’ve switched away from it for the odd pain management, but mostly because I get nosebleeds easily, and aspirin is not helpful then.
- coldtea 4y agoNote that Aspirin is just a brand's name, and you could find the same thing under different names in different markets. E.g. Panadol Extra is the same thing.
- News-Dog 4y agoNSAIDs : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311721 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAIDs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAIDs 'NSAIDs and Gastrointestinal (GI) Injury' <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q='NSAIDs and Gastrointestinal (GI) Injury' https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q='NSAIDs and Gastrointe...> Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-pump_inhibitor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-pump_inhibitor List of Proton Pump Inhibitors - Uses, Side Effects : https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/proton-pump-inhibitors.html https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/proton-pump-inhibitors.html ---- Acetaminophen : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35310951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35310951 N-acetyl-para-aminophenol (APAP), Acetaminophen, Tylenol, Paracetamol, Panadol, others : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetaminophen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetaminophen 'Acetaminophen and Alcohol Hepatotoxicity, Liver damage' <https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q='Acetaminophen and Alcohol Hepatotoxicity, Liver damage' https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&q='Acetaminophen and Alc...> ---- 'P450 Drug Interactions' Cytochrome P450 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P450 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P450 List of Cytochrome P450 Modulators : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cytochrome_P450_modulators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cytochrome_P450_modula...
- qsi 4y agoPanadol Extra is paracetamol with caffeine, not acetylsalicylic acid, which is Aspirin.
- coldtea 4y agoAh, my bad. So, could look for "acetylsalicylic acid + caffeine" combos from brands other than Bayer. Except if there's some special legal restriction for acetylsalicylic acid in Singapore.
- qsi 4y agoHm, now that you mention it, it's not common to see Aspirin here in the drug stores. Apparently you can buy low dosage Aspirin online but the regular dosage seems elusive. I'll ask in the pharmacy next time...
- esperent 4y agoI moved to Asia and suddenly found it nearly impossible to get full strength Aspirin. Kind of frustrating as it seems to be the somewhat less harmful NSAID. Some research later, I found that it possibly interacts with certain bacteria that cause stomach ulcers and that these bacteria are more likely to be in poorly stored food. So, street food basically. This is a risk factor that would be much lower back home in Europe. I wasn't able to get a definitive answer on this, but it's the best one I found so far as to why Aspirin is common in Europe and almost totally absent in Asia.