History of aspirin
The history of aspirin (also known as acetylsalicylic acid or ASA)) and the medical use of it and related substances stretches back to antiquity, though pure ASA has only been manufactured and marketed since 1899. Medicines made from willow and other salicylate-rich plants date back at least to 3000 BC, and were part of the pharmacopoeia of Western medicine in Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Aspirin may be a fairly modern medication, but the active principle has been used since pre-history. Salicin is found in the stately willow tree, and the inner bark has been found in many archeological sites. The first written record of its use goes back to Hippocrates, who is considered the Father of Medicine.
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The blanket advice that middle-aged people should take low-dose aspirin every day to ward off a heart attack or stroke is too broad, warn medical experts. For those who have a history of heart disease... Science & Health News Summaries. | Newser
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) the maker of Tylenol, Motrin, Rolaids, Benadryl and St. Joseph's brand aspirin, announced a recall of some batches of these and other of its products on January 15, citing complaints of an "unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like" odor. The company appears to have forgotten its own history and lessons learned.
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Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for millennia, said to be first noted by the Chinese in c. 2737 BCE. Medicinal cannabis arrived in the United States much later, burdened with a remarkably checkered, yet colorful, history. Despite early robust use, after the advent of opioids and aspirin, medicinal cannabis use faded.
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