Biology/Pharmacology

What ASA Does

When aspirin is taken, it goes into your stomach and possibly into your lower intestines; it is then absorbed into your blood. Once in your bloodstream it hangs out and flows with the blood until it comes in contact with a Cyclooxygenase 2(COX-2),  a protein who is in charge of the production of Prostagladins.(chemicals which intensify pain making it noticable).        The aspirin attaches onto the COX-2 and won't allow them to produce Prostagladins. This limitation of the Prostagladen production minimizes the pain felt due to the limit of chemicals telling the brain of the pain -  it dulls the noticable pain.

Varied Uses of ASA

Aspirin has many other uses other then the nullifying of pain, some of which, not noted on the right, include, limiting strokes, and inhibiting blood clots.         Another very imprtent use is thinning the blood. Another importent job of COX-2 is taking chemicals in the blood and clumping them to form platelets,  by stopping the COX-2 from making chemicals in the blood turn to platelets, it reduces the substances in the blood, making it thinner, and therefore harder to clot.             -

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