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Re:Use Only as Directed by goggles99 on Monday September 23, 2013 @03:36AM (#6429549)
Far more people in the US die of dehydration every year. I am not saying that we shouldn't try to save people dying from different causes, but please - people have to use at least basic common sense when ingesting drugs.
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Re:Use Only as Directed by brazzy on Monday September 23, 2013 @06:21AM (#6429895)
The problem is that for most people, with a drug that is massively advertised as "trusted by hospitals and doctors", taking a little more than prescribed when you're in a lot of pain IS basic common sense.
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Re:Use Only as Directed by Tichy on Monday September 23, 2013 @06:17AM (#6429886)
How does that work - they forget to drink and die?
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Re:Use Only as Directed by brazzy on Monday September 23, 2013 @06:23AM (#6429907)
Usually they have a gastrointestinal infection and lose fluid through diarrhea and vomiting, i.e. drinking doesn't help. If they don't get it via an infusion, it can be game over surprisingly quickly.

"You die of dysentry" isn't just a game quirk.

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Re:Use Only as Directed by Tichy on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:30AM (#6436691)
Interesting, although I wonder if "death by dehydration" would be the correct labeling of those cases.

Like if you are being stabbed through the heart, technically you die of heart failure.

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