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Article: Some overlooked facts about aspirin
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 24, 1997
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Aspirin is popular around the world. But there are important
cultural differences in how aspirin is taken.
Americans prefer aspirin tablets that can be swallowed or
chewed, according to Joe Graedon, author of The Aspirin Handbook.
Italians like to down their aspirin in a fizzy liquid, similar to
drinking Alka-Seltzer. The British most often choose aspirin powders
that are dissolved in water, while the French use more aspirin
suppositories than pills.
Among some other overlooked facts about aspirin:
Pop two aspirin and figure it takes between 20 to 30 minutes for the
drug to begin entering the bloodstream. Food will slow its
absorption. Peak levels of aspirin generally occur about two ...