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Yes...or at least it can be.

While both contain "acetylsalicylic acid" (ASA) as active drug and the effect on the body is the same when first bought, the differences come in longevity. Multiple studies show that Bayer does not degrade as fast as the generic.

Go smell that year old bottle of aspirin in the closet. It'll smell like vinegar since its degraded to a similar form to vinegar. Bayer degrades much slower while the off brand degrades rapidly.

Spend the small extra for Bayer if you need to take daily aspirin. That's your life. Just using it for occasional pain? I'm sure the off-brand is fine.

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if u mean aspirin as in a brand line for clothing, then no it's not but in the cause of aspirin being a brand name for pain relief or sickness then there is a single company brand name for aspirin aswell as being the medicine's short scientific name.

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