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Sandy Ho Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Full-strength

... recommend that patients chew one regular, full-strength aspirin (unless they're allergic to aspirin) to help prevent damage to the heart muscle during a heart attack.
what's full-strength ? are there other kind of XXX-strength aspirin ?please let me know.

Thank you!
  

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I have never heard of such a thing. It seems to me that what's needed is an actual dosage, not vague statements like "regular" and "full-strength".

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I have never heard of such a thing. It seems to me that what's needed is an actual dosage, not vague statements like "regular" and "full-strength".
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I google it ,

regular-strength aspirin (325mg),

low-strength asiprin (81mg),

extra-strength aspirin (500mg),

full-strength (325mg)

adult-strength aspirin (>or=325mg) ,

it seems that "regular" and "full" here are the same.

I'm affaid I might be wrong .a confirmation needed here.

thank you!
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Sandy HoI'm affaid I might be wrong .a confirmation needed here.

I'm afraid I have no familiarity with any of these terms as applied to aspirin. It could be that they are not used in my part of the world, or it could be just that I've never noticed them in use.

Hopefully someone else here might know something about it.
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Sandy Howhat's full-strength ? are there other kind of ***-strength aspirin ?please let me know.
In the States aspirin is sold over the counter (without a doctor's prescription) in various dosages.
Regular or full-strength is normally considered 325 mg.

Note that the usual phrasing (in the States, at least) is "take one regular..." not "chew on
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As you yourself found out, full-strength aspirin is 325mg of aspirin (in the US).

CJ
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