Aspirin® Protect 100 mg film-coated tablets, 60 ST

Aspirin Protect film-coated tablets contain the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). Even at low doses, this inhibits the sticking together of blood platelets (platelet aggregation) and thus counteracts the formation of thrombi.

Heart attacks and strokes are usually the result of a sudden reduction in blood flow to the heart or brain. A common cause is blood clots (thrombi) that block important blood vessels in the heart or brain. This causes a lack of oxygen and damages the heart and brain.

Aspirin Protect 100 mg film-coated tablets are used in adults

• to prevent strokes after a stroke has been survived and if precursor stages have occurred (transient ischaemic attacks, TIA),
• to prevent the formation of blood clots (thromboses) in the coronary arteries after a heart attack (reinfarction prophylaxis),
• to prevent arterial thrombosis after vascular surgery (e.g. after procedures to widen narrowed coronary arteries such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, PTCA),
• for the prevention of cardiovascular events such as angina pectoris or heart attacks in patients with diabetes mellitus and a high cardiovascular risk.

Blood clotting disorders or blocked blood vessels are the main causes of a heart attack or stroke. The acetylsalicylic acid contained in Aspirin® Protect Film-coated Tablets prevents blood platelets (thrombocytes) from clumping together and blocking the blood vessels.

Aspirin® Protect Film-coated Tablets are suitable for long-term use.

Properties

• Contains 100 mg acetylsalicylic acid
• Gastro-resistant film-coated tablet
• Inhibits the sticking together of blood platelets (platelet aggregation)

Dosage form

Film-coated tablets

How to use

• Unless otherwise prescribed by a doctor, the usual dose for adults is 100 mg once daily (1 film-coated tablet of Aspirin Protect 100 mg).
• Children and adolescents: There is no indication for the use of Aspirin Protect 100 mg film-coated tablets in children and adolescents.
• Route of administration: Oral use. The enteric-coated film-coated tablets should be taken whole, preferably at least 30 minutes before a meal, with plenty of water. The enteric-coated film-coated tablets must not be crushed, broken or chewed to ensure release in the intestine. Aspirin Protect 100 mg film-coated tablets are usually used as a long-term preventive measure.
• Note: Higher-dose preparations are available for the use of acetylsalicylic acid for pain and/or fever.

Ingredients

• The active substance is: acetylsalicylic acid. One film-coated tablet contains 100 mg acetylsalicylic acid.
• The other ingredients are Tablet core: cellulose powder, maize starch. Tablet coating: metacrylic acid copolymer type C, sodium lauryl sulphate, polysorbate 80, talc, triethyl citrate.