Aspirin

... dilation or even chemical reaction, as my son is biological. There was a catalyst though and it was not medicine. If I have a fever and I take aspirin--and then my fever goes down--I attribute the fact that the medicine has done it's work. In my son's case, a fever of 105 without medicine does ...

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Hi, I have a question about the polarity of four compounds. Why is the order of polarity caffeine> acetoaminophen> aspirin>ibuprofen make sense? in the order of decreasing polarity. thanks!

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... Our bodies are not well equipped to handle harsh chemicals of any kind. So why is is that doctors can't prescribe herbal medicine? Ever heard of aspirin? Made from tree bark. Doctors only approve meds that have been tested through research, not from 'Joes book of Herbal cures'. they make general ...

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... Equation relates the pH of a solution to the pKa of the acid and the ratio of the concentrations of conjugate base to its acid. Here, ionized aspirin is the conjugate base of the unionized, acidic form of aspirin. pH = pKa + log([ionized aspirin]/[unionized aspirin]) or log([ionized]/[unionized]) ...

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... I thought it would be a good idea to jump right into Biochemistry.... I need help with the following question. "the pKa of the acid group in aspirin is 3.5. What percent of the aspirin is in the neutral form in the stomach (pH 2.0)? What percent is in the acid form in the intestines (pH 6.5)? ...

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