In Australia, pharmacists use Cautionary and Advisory Labels (CALs) when dispensing to provide written reinforcement of important counselling points for particular medicines. The 10a CAL “Do not take more than one aspirin tablet or capsule each day while being treated with this medicine” is used for a number of medications that are reported to interact with aspirin (with the exception of warfarin which is labelled with the 10b CAL “Do not take aspirin while being treated with this medicine unless advised by your doctor”). Whilst some medications that interact with aspirin are well known, others are less so. Some of these medications and the reason behind their interaction are summarised in the table below.
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Editor: Assoc. Prof. Chris Alderman, University of South Australia – Director of Pharmacy, RGH © Pharmacy Department, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia 5041.
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