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		xorcist on Nov 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aspirin 81 (2019) If anyone else wonders, Aspirin is a trade name for regular ASA (acetylsalicylic acid) painkillers.

ggm on Nov 27, 2023 | [–]

The word became the generic in Europe after WW1 and is said to come from the acquisition of Bayer IPR in war reparations.

I think like Thermos and Hoover they just didn't trade mark police adequately.

Reason077 on Nov 27, 2023 | [–]

Likewise “Heroin”. Also an originally a trade name marketed by Bayer & Co.

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