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Book 

Aspirin 
– the life saving miracle drug

Edited by

Maqbool H. Jafary
Shaukat Ali Jawaid

Contents

 A.  Preface                                                        VII
     Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary 
     & Shaukat Ali Jawaid           

1.   The history of Aspirin                                        1
       Prof. Laura W Adam

2.   Aspirin and blood                                            17 
      Dr. Moinuddin

3.   Aspirin: Historical background &                          31
      current perspective                              
      Dr. Mohammad Ishaq

4.   Aspirin in cardiovascular diseases                        41
      Prof. Abdus Samad  &  Zainab Samad

5.   Preventive role of Aspirin in                               59
      cerebrovascular disease         
     Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary

6.   Role of Aspirin in the management of stroke          67
      Dr. Shahid Masud Baig

7.   Aspirin in diabetes                                           71
      Prof. Mahmood Ali Malik 

8.   Cost benefit analysis of Aspirin use in                 79
      prevention and management of  
      atherosclerotic vascular disease
      Prof. Ejaz Ahmed Vohra

9.   Emerging uses of Aspirin                                   93
      Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary

10.  Aspirin - the miracle drug                                  101
      Shaukat Ali Jawaid  &  Dr. Masood Jawaid

11. Safety Profile, Drug Interactions,                        115
     Contraindications and Precautions for 
     use of Aspirin
     A. Latif Sheikh        

12. Newer antiplatelet agents                                 121
     Dr. Fahim H. Jafary

*    Aspirin Foundations Around the World                 137

*    Founder Members & Life Members                      138

Publihsed by

Pakistan Aspirin Foundation
(forum for Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis)

Price:   Pakistan    Rs.200/=
             Oversease  US$ 15/=

Available from: 

Pakistan Aspirin Foundation
Room No. 522, 5th Floor, Panorama Centre,
Building No. 2, Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road,
Saddar, Karachi-Pakistan

Phone: 5688791-5689285
Fax: 5689860