KROK 1 2009 – Question 52 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient who had myocardial infarction was administered 75 mg of acetylsalicylic acid a day. What is the purpose of this administration?
- A. Temperature reduction
- B. Inflammation reduction
- C. Reduction of thrombocyte aggregation
- D. Pain relief
- E. Coronary vessel dilatation
Hint
Consider that a very low daily dose of this drug acts on a different target than the doses used for pain and fever, and ask what that target has to do with clot formation in coronary arteries.
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