User:Michael.koh.zs

it'sa me

i edit random medical pages here when i feel like procrastinating.

if you know me irl then send me a screencap of this saying you found me :V

how much good can wikipedia do?
is it possible to save a life by dedicating a crazy amount of time to editing medicine pages, especially these: WikiProject Medicine/Popular pages, but also those less popular pages that people explicitly turn to for medical advice.

E.g. somebody googling Aspirin is presented with this:

Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a medication used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation. Specific inflammatory conditions which aspirin is used to treat include Kawasaki disease, pericarditis, and rheumatic fever.

Aspirin is also used long-term to help prevent further heart attacks, ischaemic strokes, and blood clots in people at high risk. For pain or fever, effects typically begin within 30 minutes. Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and works similarly to other NSAIDs but also suppresses the normal functioning of platelets.

One common adverse effect is an upset stomach. More significant side effects include stomach ulcers, stomach bleeding, and worsening asthma. Bleeding risk is greater among those who are older, drink alcohol, take other NSAIDs, or are on other blood thinners. Aspirin is not recommended in the last part of pregnancy. It is not generally recommended in children with infections because of the risk of Reye syndrome. High doses may result in ringing in the ears.

A precursor to aspirin found in leaves from the willow tree (genus Salix) has been used for its health effects for at least 2,400 years. In 1853, chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt treated the medicine sodium salicylate with acetyl chloride to produce acetylsalicylic acid for the first time. Over the next 50 years, other chemists established the chemical structure and devised more efficient production methods.

Aspirin is one of the most widely used medications globally, with an estimated 40000 tonne (50 to 120 billion pills) consumed each year. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is available as a generic medication. In 2019, it was the 38th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 18million prescriptions.

is the intro paragraph as concise as it could be? is the contraindication for Reye syndrome too late in the article / not stated severely enough?

This is taking into account, of course, that Wikipedia is not a medical primary source. But I reckon people do use it as such, so how can the information be written in the most prudent way?