Children under 15 years of age should not be prescribed drugs containing acetylsalicylic acid, since in the case of a viral infection they can increase the risk of developing Reye's syndrome. Symptoms of Reye's syndrome include prolonged vomiting, acute encephalopathy, and enlargement of the liver.
With prolonged use of the drug, control of neRheypic blood and functional state of the liver.
Because the acetylsalicylic acid slows blood clotting,
the patient, if he is to undergo surgery, must warn the doctor in advance about taking the drug.
Patients with hypersensitivity or. with asthmoid reactions to salicylates or their derivatives, acetylsalicylic acid can be prescribed only with special precautions (in the conditions of an emergency care service).
Acetylsalicylic acid in low doses reduces the excretion of uric acid. In patients with a corresponding predisposition, this can in some cases provoke a gout attack.
During treatment should be abandoned the use of ethanol (increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding).
Acetylsalicylic acid has a teratogenic effect: when applied in the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a malformation of the cleavage of the upper palate; in the third trimester - to inhibition of labor (inhibition of the synthesis of prostaglandins), to the closure of the arterial duct in the fetus, which causes hyperplasia of the pulmonary vessels and hypertension in the vessels of the small circle of blood circulation. Excreted in breast milk, which increases the risk of bleeding in the child due to impaired platelet function.