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Nature 396, 15-17 (5 November 1998) | doi:10.1038/23810

Inflammation:  A new target for aspirin

Edward A. O'Neill1

"Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" seems like a tired cliché. Nevertheless, for many common physical ailments, low doses of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) will make you feel better, and high doses of the drug give sustained relief from the symptoms of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis1.

  1. Edward A. O'Neill is in the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065-0900, USA.
    e-mail: Email: edward_oneill@merck.com