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Is there any common (otc) drug/medicine like aspirin or tylenol (acetaminophen) that will kill you in high doses?
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Everything: In high enough doses, essentially every medicine becomes a toxin / poison. There is a toxicology book that addresses this: "the dose makes the poison.".
Answered 9/24/2015
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