Replies to post #160260 on Just Politics

[newmedman]

why don't you go suck on a willow bark. It'll cure what ails ya.

[blackhawks]

When acetaminophen is paired with aspirin and caffeine in Extra Strength Excedrin it's a wonder drug, for me, when taken before a bike ride or a walk.

Directions say 2 tablets every 6 hours. I mostly do one for the day.

Caffeine, 65 mg's, 1 cup of coffee, speeds the pain relievers and enhances what 1 cup of coffee has given me.

The aspirin is more than the 85mg recommended for thinning the blood platelets. So I limit it to when I know I'm going to burn it off.

Funny, maybe not, that you have to peel the label back to read the recommended dosage.

250 mg Acet. and 250 mg aspirin/tablet.

[DragonBear]

Aspirin is still a wonder drug

No doubt the drug of choice if one has an ulcer, or sudden hemorrhagic stroke occurring during chronic usage.

As Dr Contango pointed out overdosing on Tylenol to commit suicide is a painful way to go about it. Likewise overdosing on aspirin risking multiple organ shutdown probably isn't pleasant. Overdose on Naproxen, and one could have liver toxicity, seizures, and GI bleeding.

Aspirin is no more a wonder drug than the others.