To begin, we should go back in time to understand where aspirin first was introduced to the world. Aspirin has been around since ancient times and has been used to treat pains ever since. According to scientists, they state that salicin in aspirin is responsible for the drug’s effectiveness. Is it always true that aspirin is able to get rid of pains all the time? Of course, not everything is perfect and aspirin’s flaw was that while it was used to treat pains, it also caused ulcers and stomach pains. …show more content…
The author states that aspirin has an “anti-inflammatory effect”. Basically, the author is saying that this effect is what decreases swelling and redness (paragraph 12). According to the author’s research, aspirin’s antithrombotic qualities is what prevents and/or treats heart attacks and strokes by “inhibiting the clotting blood ability of blood platelets.” (paragraph