Aspirin Adverse Effects and Hypersensitivity Reactions
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What is the most common adverse effect of therapeutic anti-inflammatory doses of aspirin?

  • Gastric ulceration (correct)
  • Renal failure
  • Respiratory alkalosis
  • Vertigo
  • What can individuals with aspirin hypersensitivity and nasal polyps experience due to aspirin therapy?

  • Vertigo
  • Asthma from increased leukotriene synthesis (correct)
  • Respiratory alkalosis
  • Renal failure
  • What is the consequence of treating children with viral infections using aspirin?

  • Renal failure
  • Vertigo
  • Metabolic acidosis
  • Increased risk for Reye's syndrome (correct)
  • At higher doses, what adverse effect can be observed in individuals taking aspirin?

    <p>Tinnitus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a consequence of very high doses of aspirin?

    <p>Metabolic acidosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does aspirin do to the bleeding time when taken even in small doses?

    <p>Increases the bleeding time</p> Signup and view all the answers

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