Aspirin caution
PA Dunedin The dangers of aspirin should be remembered if people chose self-medication, said the medical assessor for the committee on Adverse drug Reactions (Professor E. G. McQueen) yesterday after a seminar on “effective drug therapy,” held in Dunedin during the week-end. “It must be remembered el! the time that aspirin can cause gastric ulceration and some renal diseases,” he laid.
Taking aspirin always involved a degree of risk, but it was reasonable to allow people to use the drug for
relief from headaches or pain without having to bother a doctor with minor ailments. No more than one or two aspirin should be taken at one time, said Professor McQueen. If symptoms persisted, medical consultation would probably be needed. As an alternative, paracetamol could be used, because it did not have the same side-effects, but it was not as effective for the relief of the symptoms of rheumatoid conditions.
Professor McQueen is director of the National Poisons Centre in Dunedin.
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