title: Aspirin--the first hundred years.
abstract: 'Take two aspirin and call me in the morning', may be an old cliché deriding the medical profession, but the story of the first 100 years of aspirin suggests that this drug may be of benefit for a far greater range of ailments than those who synthesised it 100 years ago could have imagined.
authors.affiliation: David Game College, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hegedus
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000266:history* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000266:history* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000925:Anticoagulants; D001241:Aspirin