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[roadrunnertwice]

Tonight I took what I think may have been my very first aspirin. No, really. I was a kid right around when they started getting seriously concerned about Reye's syndrome, and by the time I grew up, I was already in the habit of taking tylenol or ibuprofen instead.

Anyway, I have much less of a headache now, so I guess I give it a thumbs up.

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[shaneface.livejournal.com]

ME TOOOOOO!!!! TERRIFIED OF REYE'S!

[roadrunnertwice]

Yeah man, that shit was intense. "We can make the headache go away, but you might mysteriously go into a coma and die." My parents were like, uh, we'll just give him some tylenol.

They recently started making baby aspirin again, except I think it has a "not for kids" label. They're marketing it to old people as a blood thinner. (Apparently it's exactly the right dosage. Plus, I think if you dissolve the whole pill in your mouth, it goes into your bloodstream without touching your stomach so you can take it daily for years without getting ulcers.)