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i_think_so 4 days ago

Don't forget ye olde aspirin. It has a cheat mechanic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylate_poisoning

You take too much and it can give you a fever, which might entice you to take more aspirin. Nasty.

Obligatory Reye's mention:

https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/reyes-syndrome-a-rare-b...

and my own editorializing -- this is not just a problem for little kids. As various articles explain, if you've had flu-like symptoms (from whatever cause) you should be wary of aspirin. Will one standard dosage kill you? Unlikely. But if you've got better options, particularly pre-loading NAC before Tylenol, why not consider them first?

Further reading:

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/low-dose-aspirin/who-can-and-ca...

And for those of you with kids: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/kawasaki-disease/

Of course it's not all bad. There's even some discussion of anti-cancer potential. How might this work? One hypothesis: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep45184

This topic is a bit personal for me and I'm glad it's getting some attention here. Bravo, hackers.