What is the Right Analgesic for You

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What is the Right Analgesic for You?
Heidi Peterson Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
Analgesic-A medicated pain reliever
Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)
Ibuprofen (2-(4-Isobutylphenyl) propionic acid)
Acetaminophen (4-Acetamidophenol)
What does this pharmaceutical relieve?
What does this pharmaceutical relieve?

• Reduces Pain
• Reduces Fever
• Reduces Inflammation

What does this pharmaceutical relieve?

• Reduces Pain
• Reduces Fever
• Reduces Inflammation

• Reduces Pain
• Reduces Fever

What are the possible side effects?
What are the possible side effects?
What are the possible side effects?

• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Stomach upset
• Stomach ulcers
• Can cause Reyes Syndrome in children
  who have viral illnesses

• No side effects if taken for short periods of time

• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Stomach upset
• Stomach bloating
• Stomach pain
• Drowsiness

• Do not take with alcohol because the combination
  of aspirin and alcohol can cause severe liver
  damage.

• Do not take with alcohol because the combination
  of aspirin and alcohol can cause severe stomach
  bleeding.

• Do not take with alcohol because the combination
  of aspirin and alcohol can cause severe stomach
  bleeding.

For More Information on this Topic
See http//www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9404/htm/caps_
tab.htm http//www.parkinsons-information-exchange
-network-online.com/drugdb/068.html http//rgrange
r.chem.sbc.edu/chem005/Chapter11.htm http//fda.go
v/bbs/topics/NEWS/NEW00659.html
Chemistry 292, Chemistry Outreach Fall 2000

Drs.
Boyles and McDowell