© 1976 British Society for Rheumatology
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OCCULT GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING DUE TO ASPIRIN: COMPARISON OF TWO COMPOUNDS
Liver Unit and King's College Hospital Medical School Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RX
Occult gastrointestinal bleeding as measured by the faecal 51Cr-labelled red-cell loss was compared in eight healthy volunteers while on therapeutic doses of soluble aspirin and a new slow-release formulation of aspirin (Deskoval).
While both preparations led to increased faecal blood loss, this was significantly less during administration of Deskoval than when soluble aspirin was taken.