# Aspirin produces all of the following effects EXCEPT:
A. Frank gastric bleeding
B. Prolonged prothrombin time
C. Platelet dysfunction
D. Constipation
The correct answer is D. Constipation.
Adverse effects of aspirin
• Increased blood loss due to antiplatelet activity
• Hypersensitivity and idiosyncrasy
• Salt and water retention
• Reye's syndrome- a rare form of hepatic encephalopathy seen in children having viral infection (influenza virus)
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