A 25-year-old female experiences a headache and takes aspirin for relief. A nurse recalls aspirin relieves the headache by:
a. decreasing leukotriene production.
b. increasing histamine release.
c. decreasing prostaglandin production.
d. increasing platelet-activating factor.
ANS: C
Aspirin is a prostaglandin inhibitor. Aspirin is not associated with leukotriene production, hista-mine release, or platelet-activating factor.
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