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48. An Entire 100 Bottle of Aspirin...

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:34 AM

Mar 2020

...would release only about 18g of acetic acid. Highly unlikely the entire bottle would totally decompose, but stay with that number.

If you took 2, that would be 360 mg. About the same as a teaspoon of vinegar.
That's 1/15th of the LD50 PER KILOGRAM of body weight. So a 165 pound person would experience 1/1,125th of the 50% lethal dose. And it's a fully oxidized, water soluble chemical so that amount would pass right through you.
It's still not very dangerous, but taking a med that isn't going to work because it's chemically broken just doesn't make sense.

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No Advil folks. TeamPooka Mar 2020 #1

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Or aleve MissB Mar 2020 #6

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Which is an NSAID jberryhill Mar 2020 #29

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Have you ever had a heart condition or high blood pressure? jberryhill Mar 2020 #30

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No it's not jberryhill Mar 2020 #34

I stand corrected. I guess that's why it never worked for me. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #36

It used to be the go-to pain reliever in this country jberryhill Mar 2020 #37

Yeah, I remember that, but I had already dropped it at that point. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #39

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aspirin? AnotherMother4Peace Mar 2020 #8

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I wonder if aspirin is ok? kimbutgar Mar 2020 #13

See #10 above. It looks like acetaminophen is what you want. AnotherMother4Peace Mar 2020 #14

Drug expirations for stuff like aspirin and tylenol are a joke ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #16

Wrong on aspirin! colorado_ufo Mar 2020 #23

Deteriorates into a chemical that's harmful to you? what chemical is that? mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #24

Only Part True ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #46

Thanks for the information. colorado_ufo Mar 2020 #47

An Entire 100 Bottle of Aspirin... ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #48

I am always a fan of facts! colorado_ufo Mar 2020 #49

Article does a bad job of elaborating, but it mentions NSAID's down a ways ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #18

Interesting healthnut7 Mar 2020 #15

Try to find it somewhere besides rawstory, they probably banned it ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #17

I don't know, I do prefer ibuprofen BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #19

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Use better resources than "the internet said so". Jakes Progress Mar 2020 #22

What sort of crystal? jberryhill Mar 2020 #31

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Always thought snowybirdie Mar 2020 #28

You have a lot of company among people taking ACE inhibitors jberryhill Mar 2020 #38

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