The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class and is differentiating between aspirin and other cyclooxygenase inhibitors
The nurse would correctly identify which of the following as a unique characteristic of aspirin, not found in other cyclooxygenase inhibitors? a. Aspirin promotes gastric bleeding.
b. Aspirin irreversibly inhibits cyclooxygenase.
c. Aspirin promotes platelet synthesis.
d. Aspirin enhances prostaglandin synthesis.
B
Aspirin is the only cyclooxygenase inhibitor that irreversibly inhibits cyclooxygenase.
Aspirin and other cyclooxygenase inhibitors promote gastric bleeding, therefore this is not a unique side effect of aspirin.
Aspirin and other cyclooxygenase inhibitors inhibit platelet aggregation; they do not promote platelet synthesis.
Aspirin and other cyclooxygenase inhibitors inhibit rather than enhance prostaglandin synthesis.
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