Anacin (Aspirin Low Dose)

Alternate Name: BC Headaches & Body Aches

Dosage Form: Bottle

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Salicylate, Aspirin Combination, Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, Analgesic

Generic Available: No

Strength: 400-32 MG

Warnings: The effervescent tablet form of this medicine contains sodium and phenylalanine. Before using an effervescent tablet, tell your doctor if you are on a salt-restricted diet, or if you have phenylketonuria. Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding, or if you have asthma, gout, or diabetes. Tell your doctor if you have liver disease, a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia, or a stomach disorder such as an ulcer, heartburn, or GERD (reflux disease). Tell your doctor if you have had a fever for more than 3 days, a sore throat for more than 2 days, or pain for more than 10 days. Aspirin may cause incorrect results with some urine sugar tests. Dark urine, yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes. Pain that lasts longer than 10 days. Pale skin, unusual bleeding, bruising, or weakness. Redness or swelling. Worsening pain or new symptoms. Severe stomach pain. Ringing in your ears that won't stop, confusion, stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle movements you cannot control.

Food Warnings: Aspirin can cause stomach bleeding. Drinking alcohol can make this worse. If you have 3 or more drinks of alcohol every day, ask your doctor if you should use this medicine. One drink of alcohol is the same as 4 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer, or 1 ounce of hard liquor (gin, whiskey, and others)., Make sure that none of the other medicines you are using also contain aspirin., Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using enalapril (Vasotec®), verapamil (Calan®, Covera®), lisinopril (Prinivil®, Zestril®). Tell your doctor if you use ramipril (Altace®), quinapril (Accupril®), sulfinpyrazone (Anturane®), ginkgo biloba, a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin®), or anisindione (Miradon®)., Tell your doctor if you have received medicine to treat a blood clot such as urokinase (Abbokinase®), streptokinase (Streptase®), or alteplase (Activase®)., Avoid foods, drinks, or other medicines that contain caffeine or stimulants, including diet pills. If you take them together with this medicine, you may get too much caffeine and have unwanted side effects., Avoid using other pain or arthritis medicine such as ibuprofen (Advil®, Motrin®), naproxen (Aleve®), ketoprofen (Orudis®), indomethacin (Indocin®), Celebrex®, Daypro®, or Relafen® while you are using aspirin/caffeine.