Aspirin 75mg Dispersible Tablets 100s

For oral use only. Aspirin 75mg Dispersible Tablets should be dissolved in water before being taken.

Always take this medicine exactly as described in the leaflet or as your doctor, pharmacist or nurse have told you. Check with your doctor, pharmacist or nurse if you are not sure.

Adults (including the elderly and children over 16 years):

• The recommended dose for long-term use is one or two tablets once daily, dissolved in water. In some circumstances a doctor may advise a higher dose of up to four tablets daily.
• Take the tablets with or immediately after food to reduce the risk of getting stomach and bowel irritation.
• Do not take more medicine than the label tells you to.
• If you do not get better for more than three days, talk to your doctor. 

• Active Ingredient: Aspirin 75mg.
• Other Ingredients: Dependent on brand.

• You should let your doctor know you are taking aspirin tablets, particularly if you are going to have an operation, as you may need to stop taking your tablets several days before the operation. Your blood, kidney and liver should be monitored during prolonged use of aspirin as blood, kidney and liver disorders may develop.
• Aspirin may affect the results of thyroid function tests.
• Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Aspirin.
• If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine. Taking this medicine may impair the fertility in women. This effect is reversible on stopping the medicine.
• Aspirin Tablets contain lactose. If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product, as it contains lactose.

Do not take Aspirin 75mg Dispersible Tablets if you:

• Are allergic to aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) e.g. ibuprofen, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine. Symptoms may include rhinitis (runny nose), swollen face, mouth or tongue, itchy rash or asthma attack.
• Have or have had a stomach ulcer.
• Have a condition where your blood does not clot properly (e.g. haemophilia).
• Are taking medicines to thin your blood such as warfarin.
• Have or have had gout.
• Are in the last 3 months of pregnancy or are breastfeeding.

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Aspirin Tablets:

• If you have asthma, or suffer from allergies
• If you have problems with your heart, kidneys or liver.
• If you are dehydrated.
• If you have nasal polyps (inflamed swellings inside the nose).
• If you suffer from indigestion (dyspepsia)
• If you have an infection.
• If you have high blood pressure.
• If you have a lack of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD).
• If you are elderly.
• If you are diabetic.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. The following medicines can affect or be affected by Aspirin:

• Alcohol: some of the effects of aspirin are enhanced.
• Mifepristone (used to terminate pregnancy). You should not take aspirin until eight to twelve days after mifepristone. If taken with aspirin this medicine may not be as effective.
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) e.g. ibuprofen or diclofenac sodium (used for pain relief and to treat inflammation) or Corticosteroids e.g. prednisolone and betamethasone (used to treat allergy or inflammation): if taken with aspirin you may have more severe side effects e.g. increased risk of bleeding or ulcers in the stomach. If you suddenly stop taking corticosteroids you may develop aspirin poisoning.
• Metoclopramide (used to treat nausea and vomiting): it may increase the effect of aspirin.
• Adsorbents e.g. kaolin (for diarrhoea) and Antacids e.g. aluminium hydroxide and magnesium carbonate (used to treat indigestion): these medicines may reduce the effect of aspirin.
• Medicines known to affect the clotting of your blood: if you take one of these medicines below with aspirin you may increase the likelihood of bleeding.
• Coumarins e.g. warfarin, phenindone, streptokinase or heparins (blood thinning medicines).
• Clopidogrel and ticlopidine (used to prevent strokes and heart attacks). • Calcium channel blockers such as verapamil, used to treat high blood pressure.
• ACE Inhibitors or Angiotensin-II Receptor Antagonists e.g. captopril, enalapril maleate, valsartan, losartan (used to lower high blood pressure): taken with aspirin these medicines may not be as effective and you may suffer from kidney problems.
• Antidepressants (used to treat depression) e.g. Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) (such as venlafaxine): if taken with aspirin you may increase the likelihood of bleeding.
• Medicines to control epilepsy e.g. phenytoin and valproate: aspirin may increase the effect of these medicines. If you take sodium valproate with aspirin you may increase the likelihood of bleeding.
• Zafirlukast (used to prevent or treat asthma).
• Spironolactone (diuretic) water tablets, Probenicid or Sulfinpyrazone (used to treat gout) and diuretics used to treat high blood pressure: if taken with aspirin these medicines may not be as effective. Phenylbutazone may reduce the effect of aspirin.
• Methotrexate (used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and cancer) or Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors e.g. acetazolamide (used in the treatment of glaucoma, epilepsy and excess water retention): if taken with aspirin the side effects of these medicines may become more severe.
• Thiopental (used as an anaesthetic).
• Gold compounds (used to treat rheumatoid arthritis).
• Insulin and other drugs used to treat diabetes.
• Sulphonamides, such as sulphamethoxazole, used to treat infections.
• Vitamin C. 
• Cilostazol (for leg pain that occurs when walking due to poor circulation): the dose of aspirin should not be greater than 80mg a day.