Genuine Bayer® Aspirin can provide pain relief from headaches, backaches, muscle pain, toothaches, menstrual pain and minor arthritis pain - and has for over 120 years. It's also recommended, under a doctor's direction, to help reduce the risk of a recurrent heart attack or clot-related (ischemic stroke).

Ingredients. Active Ingredients: Aspirin (500 mg) (NSAID). Inactive Ingredients: Carnauba Wax, Colloidal Silicon Dioxide, Hypromellose, Sodium Carbonate, Zinc Stearate.

Aspirin is used to reduce fever and relieve mild to moderate pain from conditions such as muscle aches, toothaches, common cold, and headaches. It may also be used to reduce pain and swelling in conditions such as arthritis. Aspirin is known as a salicylate and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

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Aspirin's Proven Benefit In addition to relieving pain, lowering fever and reducing inflammation, aspirin can prevent blood clots from forming.

Don't start taking a daily aspirin without talking to your health care provider. Taking an occasional aspirin or two is usually safe for most adults to use for headaches, body aches or fever. But daily use of aspirin can have serious side effects, including gastrointestinal bleeding.

Daily aspirin is an option for some people at high risk of a heart attack or stroke to help lower their risk. But taking aspirin isn't right for most people because it can cause serious bleeding. You can work with your doctor to find out your risk of heart attack and stroke and your risk of bleeding.

Bayer® Aspirin is safe and effective for pain relief when used according to label directions. If you have any questions about whether aspirin is right for you, your condition or the medications you are taking, please talk to your doctor.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends adults take no more than 4,000 milligrams (mg) of aspirin in a 24-hour period.

In a review of multiple studies, researchers found that high-dose aspirin (900–1,300 mg) taken at the onset of a migraine headache is a safe and effective treatment.

Time is critical during a suspected heart attack, so chewing and swallowing Bayer Aspirin helps it get into the bloodstream faster. It then works to keep blood flowing and can help prevent further damage to the heart, increasing chances of survival.

While daily aspirin can help prevent a clot-related stroke, it may increase the risk of a bleeding stroke. A bleeding stroke also is called a hemorrhagic stroke. Gastrointestinal bleeding. Daily aspirin use increases the risk of developing a stomach ulcer.