...if you take enough over a longer period of time.
The point I was attempting to make is that a relatively safe aspirin (used appropriately) was replaced with a significantly less safe acetaminophen (used appropriately).
Probably a large dose of aspirin at once would cause significant GI bleed. I do know that even a low dose of aspirin can cause what they call 'occult bleeding'. Pretty safe though. Both are not good in large doses. Aspirin is a miracle drug though, and if discovered today would likely be by prescription. If I had one drug to keep while on a desert island, it would be the aspirin.
...if you take enough over a longer period of time.
The point I was attempting to make is that a relatively safe aspirin (used appropriately) was replaced with a significantly less safe acetaminophen (used appropriately).
Probably a large dose of aspirin at once would cause significant GI bleed. I do know that even a low dose of aspirin can cause what they call 'occult bleeding'. Pretty safe though. Both are not good in large doses. Aspirin is a miracle drug though, and if discovered today would likely be by prescription. If I had one drug to keep while on a desert island, it would be the aspirin.