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'''Acetylsalicylic acid''' (ASA) is technically an [[NSAID]], although it’s more frequently used as an [[Antiplatelet drugs|antiplatelet]] rather than for its anti-inflammatory effects. It’s a very frequently used antiplatelet.
<section begin="clinical biochemistry" />'''Acetylsalicylic acid''' (ASA) is technically an [[NSAID]], although it’s more frequently used as an [[Antiplatelet drugs|antiplatelet]] rather than for its anti-inflammatory effects. It’s a very frequently used antiplatelet.<section end="clinical biochemistry" />


ASA is given in much lower dose for use as an antiplatelet drug than when used as an anti-inflammatory. Antiplatelet dose is 50 – 150 mg/day and in an extended-release formulation (Albyl-E®) while anti-inflammatory dose is 500 mg/day (Aspirin®). ASA has no anti-inflammatory effect in these low antiplatelet doses (although it does have an antiplatelet effect in the anti-inflammatory dose).
ASA is given in much lower dose for use as an antiplatelet drug than when used as an anti-inflammatory. Antiplatelet dose is 50 – 150 mg/day and in an extended-release formulation (Albyl-E®) while anti-inflammatory dose is 500 mg/day (Aspirin®). ASA has no anti-inflammatory effect in these low antiplatelet doses (although it does have an antiplatelet effect in the anti-inflammatory dose).
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<section begin="clinical biochemistry" />One can monitor ASA therapeutic effect with [[platelet aggregometry]] with arachidonic acid, but this is not routinely performed. There are no known uses for this, as a therapeutic reference range has not been established.<section end="clinical biochemistry" />
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