Aspirin is classified as a

Anarcotic analgesic
Btranquilizer
Cantacid
Dnon-narcotic analgesic

Answer: D

Aspirin relieves pain without causing addiction or CNS depression, so it is a non-narcotic analgesic (it is also antipyretic). Morphine and codeine are narcotic analgesics.

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