How Does Aspirin Work?

How does aspirin target your pain? The plants that aspirin were derived from have been used as medicine for about 6000 years, we finally discovered how it works in 1971, and Lauren explains it to you now.

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[Andyyyk]

3 minutes spent on the history of aspirin and what pain is, 10 seconds spent on explaining how it works.

[karus_mari]

She looks like a Chinese Mannequin who has immortality

[betobermudez]

Thank you for including the Sources!!! :D

[djneptunenyc]

very good channel very informative. Thanks for your videos and your hard work.

[IfSheWants]

This post (and those I've been binging on) kick ass.
Next! YESSSS:)

[MaMahmod]

i thought aspirin was anti coagulant and make blood flow better?

[cilginkosucu]

What about the blood thinning of aspirin?

[khvorov]

Aspirin is a non-selective COX inhibitor. It inhibits COX-1 (which does the same thing more or less) as well. This lack of selectivity isn't particularly relevant for inflammatory pain but is relevant for cardiovascular and stomach lining effects.
For the purposes of the video it might have been better to just say "COX" without specifying the type since selectivity (or lack thereof) doesn't really matter here.

[MichaelJohnson-tqiv]

I'd like to know about synthetic drugs and how they are made and how they compare.

Great vid btw!

[ky]

It's about goddamn time you posted again

[Frapegruit]

what's the name of the classical piece at the beginning?

[mixiekins]

A highly-detailed one about birth control would be insightful. Many users don't understand how the different kinds actually work, and even which situations each should be used in, such as the difference in The Pill and various Morning After pills. For instance, there's a solo pill that's meant to prevent ovulation, but is commonly misunderstood as preventing implantation-- a pretty huge difference in usage!

[arthurtrauer]

Thanks. I’m into pain but would like to get out of it. I have chronic widespread pain and there seems to be little relief. That’s no fun and causes many other problems. Doctors are no help, so I am trying to learn and experiment on my own. I appreciate any input I can get.

[akillauc]

Outstanding medical dictation. My assumption has always been Aspirin opens the blood vessels when you have a headache, given rich oxygenated blood back to the brain. I guess, I was wrong.

[korohacker]

Maybe you guys can talk about paracetamol? It's the most common OTC medication where I live, and I always wondered how different they function as compared to ibuprofen or aspirin

[rickysewell]

Which science website would you reccomend for doing research? Or which source would you say is the most credible on the internet? Great informative video by the way!!

[playfulpippapony]

Hu, that was very interesting. Perhaps this will come up in my biology class one day, if so I'll look like a genius! Or someone you has way too much time on their hands and spends it all on YouTube (probably the latter). Could you do a video on how the pill works (microgynon-30)? It seems like an interesting topic.

[galihan]

Does anyone know what the background music in this episode is called?

[abhipatel]

Can you please do Advil or Tynelol. I would love it if you did. Ty and Great VIDEO!!

[subhanmakhdoom]

how does panadol work on curing the headache