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Analysis of Aspirin Tablets Background Information Aspirin is a well-known drug, which is analgesic and antipyretic. Analgesic drugs are those that relieve pain. Antipyretics are ones that lower body temperature. The main component of aspirin tablets is: 2 - Ethanoylhydroxybenzoic acid CH3COOC6H4COOH After aspirin is swallowed, it is unchanged in the acidic conditions of the stomach, but is hydrolysed by the alkali juices in the intestines. Hydroxybenzoates lower body temperature quickly and very effectively in fever patients, but they have little or no effect if the temperature is normal. They are also analgesics, which relieve pain, such as headaches. The toxic dose from hydroxybonzoates is relatively large; their uncontrolled use could be dangerous. Aspirin, one of the first drugs to come into common usage, is still mostly the widely used in the world - approximately 35,000 metric tonnes are produced and consumed annually, enough to make over 100 billion standard aspirin tablets every year. Aspirin is analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic...

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