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by mentalhealth 4460 days ago
> I want to warn against taking medical opinion/advice that is found on the internet

This is excellent advice, but the scaremongering re Reye's is unnecessary. Many more lives & livers would be saved by people ceasing their use of acetaminophen than would be risked by people switching to aspirin.

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It wasn't meant to be scaremongering, rather a counter to the statement that in all cases (save for stomach ulcers), aspirin is the better choice.