Ingredients similar to aspirin were extracted from meadowsweet and willow bark centuries ago, but in 1899, salicin was altered into a patentable drug called aspirin. Aspirin was approved for the ...

Aspirin shortages in the UK have left some patients wondering what to do if they can’t find it at the pharmacy. If someone turns to an old bottle in the medicine cabinet and notices a faint vinegar ...

Use of salicylates as therapeutic agents dates back more than 3500 years, when it was recognized that the bark of the willow tree possessed analgesic and antipyretic properties. In 1838, the Italian ...

Credit: Getty Images. Due to her neurologic presentation, age, and past medical history, stroke was initially considered. A recently published report describes the case of a 61-year-old female patient ...