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Can drinking too much water dilute my medicine?
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You CAN drink ...: too much water, but it is difficult to do. Normally functioning kidneys will simply remove excess water from the blood. Extremes are cited, like drinking more than two gallons in less than an hour, but, in general, very generous water drinkers don't need to worry about diluting their medicine. Drinking up to 5+ liters/170 oz. of water a day shouldn't be a problem; most of us struggle to get 2 in
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