2007-10-21 14:55:22 · 4 answers · asked by .BAD.m0nki3 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Aspirin is converted to salicylic acid when it reacts withb the hydrochloric acid in the stomach. This salicylic acid is the active ingredient in thinning the blood.
Swallowing pure salicylic acid would be really be painful and will taste really bad. So, it's taken as aspirin, the raw material for the active agent.
2007-10-21 15:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by poopee_dogg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aspirin is a solid substance.
If you have difficulty in swallowing, you could dissolve it in 1-4 oz of water or orange juice and drink it up.
2007-10-21 15:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by kenneth h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used to sell it as powder, bad taste prevented people specially kids from taking,they made a pill, the pill also tastes bad ,so it is a sugar coated pill now.
2007-10-21 17:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easier to swallow,taste terrible. you can also get Goodies powders. aspirin is very hard on the stomach, it is better to have it disolve in the intestine and get absorbed that way.
2007-10-21 15:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by koma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋