haiduc - 5-4-2006 at 10:58
Hello and welcome!
Calciparine (internationally known as acidum acetylsalicylicum+calcii carbonas) is a medication used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and
anti-inflammatory.
As a matter of fact, it not only contains of acetylsalicylic acid, but also of calcium carbonate. The question is - why is it so?
Though I have a sneaking suspicion that calcium would be dissolved given it was not a carbonate, I am still not certain whether I am right?
Thanks in advance.
Haiduc.
[Edited on 5-4-2006 by haiduc]
[Edited on 5-4-2006 by haiduc]
fizzy - 5-4-2006 at 11:40
This is just buffered aspirin. The calcium carbonate acts to maintain a specific pH range in the stomach and thus hopefully reduce any stomach upset
the aspirin might cause.