Any reason why 100% USP Horse Aspirin wouldn't work?
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See the title,
If it's 100% USP grade is there any reason why it wouldn't be optimal/would be harmful for humans? The only powder I can find in UK is for horses...
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@DkJoe2 Been using that for myself and family for about 8 years now. Works better than the store bought stuff with binders.
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@DkJoe2
Fwiw, pure sodium salicylate powder is also readily available in UK -
@bio3nergetic Awesome, I'll give it a go.
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@wrl Nice, you notice any differences between this and traditional Aspirin? I can see it's given to people with Aspirin sensitivities? I have been ingesting wintergreen oil currently which seems to work well but it has a really overpowering taste and god help you if you get some on your face.
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@DkJoe2
I haven't used either regularly enough to compare.
The main difference would be the acetyl group in aspirin which permanently inhibits the COX enzyme, and aspirins acidic ph (can be buffered with sodium bicarbonate). Wintergreen is potentially more similar to sodium salicylate I'd say?Aspirin acts as an acetylating agent where an acetyl group is covalently attached to a serine residue in the active site of the COX enzyme