A clinical comparison of the antipyretic potency of aspirin and sodium salicylate
- 1 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Vol. 6 (3), 354-358
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt196563354
Abstract
In a study on adult patients with cancer and low‐grade fevers due to chronic infection, aspirin appeared to be 1.5 times as potent as sodium salicylate as an antipyretic. The difference in potency is probably due to the difference in pKa of the two acids.Keywords
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