aspirin: over-the-counter Aspirin 的濫用

The Problem With Painkillers
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/the-problem-with-painkillers/253118/

over-the-counter (OTC)
a. 形容詞
1,(股票)不透過交易所買賣
2,(藥等)不用處方箋的
3,店面交易的
  A team of researchers looked at whether "low-dose-- aspirin " taken over thre long term reduced the risk of cardiac events in women above nad beyond the risks it posed.

placebo-(dummy pill) 安慰劑,寬心丸

gastrointestinal  bleeding 胃腸出血,peptic ulcers 消化器官潰傷
easy bruising 容易挫傷