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Re:The history behind aspirin 81 by analog31 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @09:31PM (#38427420)
Oddly enough, my mom never wanted us to associate medicines with candy, so my brothers and I were given a portion of an adult pill and told to chew it up. Aspirin was bitter, but Tylenol was worse.
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Re:The history behind aspirin 81 by I_Am_Nous on Monday November 27, 2023 @12:04AM (#38428286)
Brutal, but effective I suppose. Hopefully she never had to give you anything time released! You do not want to chew them if you plan for them to work in their properly metered delivery.

Fun fact, OxyContin was deemed "impossible to become addicted to" because it incorporated a time-released design that everyone just started chewing up anyway.

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Re:The history behind aspirin 81 by analog31 on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:34PM (#38442007)
Good point, I hadn't thought of that. "Back in my day," there were no time release medicines that I'm aware of. When caring for kids of my own, the kiddie medicines were mostly liquids.
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Re:The history behind aspirin 81 by I_Am_Nous on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:46PM (#38442083)
My son hated liquid medicines and quickly learned to be able to take pills instead. It's honestly so convenient that way though.
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