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What is Acetylsalicylic Acid?The active ingredient in asprin and one of the ingredients in Alka-Seltzer. Acetylsalicylic acid (or its various translations) may be used as a generic term in countries where Bayer's trademark claim to asprin was not invalidated after World War I (e.g., Germany, Canada, Mexico). I took some acetylsalicylic acid for my headache. Acetylsalicylic Acid - videoAcetylsalicylic Acid - what is it?The scientific term for Aspirin. In many countries, notably Canada and Germany, "Aspirin" is a patented trademark of the local Bayer subsidiaries. Any non-Bayer products are labelled with the abbreviation ASA (Canadian English), AAS (Canadian French), and ASS (German). I am not making the last one up! The term Acetylsalicylic Acid, in its entirety, is rarely used in layman's conversations. |
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