What Is The Recommended Upper Limit Of Aspirin A Day?

[Peatogenic]

I hardly ever take aspirin, but have found it useful for a sudden neck pain. I've been taking about 850mg every 7 hours. I also take Vit K2. Is this too much if I did it for maybe 4-5 days total?

 

[ecstatichamster]

No I think it’s fine.

People take as much as 6g or even more daily over a period of time.

I take 2g - 3g some days without any negative side effects. I use them for occasional headaches.

 

[Peatogenic]

No I think it’s fine.

People take as much as 6g or even more daily over a period of time.

I take 2g - 3g some days without any negative side effects. I use them for occasional headaches.

Ok, thanks

 

[ecstatichamster]

I take 1g at a time just to be clear.

 

[lampofred]

I think it could also deplete glycine, just something to keep in mind.

 

[Peatogenic]

I think it could also deplete glycine, just something to keep in mind.

Interestingly, I've been taking it with glycine powder, good to know.

 

[ecstatichamster]

I use collagen and ascorbic acid and baking soda and niacinamide. I gave lately been diluting with room temperature Gerolshteiner and this has carbonate which neutralized the cocktail and works great.

 

[Frankdee20]

I have run out of L.E. Super K caps as of late, and I am still using 1 standard tablet of Aspirin without ill effects. I try to melt it in my mouth by swirling it with warm coffee before swallowing. That obviously helps avoid belly pain, and so does taking it with food. Sometimes I can take 2 tablets daily with no indication of bruising or bleeding when I wipe my butt LOL. I think I saturated my K1 reserves by using the LE product, just my guess.

 

[Peatogenic]

I take BC powdered aspirin which has caffeine as well.

 

[Lucas]

Why a 500 mg dose of aspirin whit a full stomach give me anxiety, jittery, cold hands, make me sweat, whit to much energy, like in a hyperthyroid state?

 

[Ptolemy]

Here is what Ray says about Aspirin's upper limit:

Assuming one has adequate protein and K2 in their diet, and gradually increased the dose of aspirin, in your opinion what is the upper limit of aspirin that a human could take everyday indefinitely without it causing problems? Thanks!

RP: I have known a few people who took 4 to 6 grams per day for several years for arthritis or cancer, but I usually think of 1000 to 1500 mg per day as a maximum safe dose, but it depends on things like age and thyroid function; with low kidney function, even that much could accumulate to a toxic level.

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[Frankdee20]

Why a 500 mg dose of aspirin whit a full stomach give me anxiety, jittery, cold hands, make me sweat, whit to much energy, like in a hyperthyroid state?

I have seen it mentioned as blocking GABA expression in the short term. It lowers Cortisol though, and some people get a stress relieving effect.

 

[BigChad]

I think it could also deplete glycine, just something to keep in mind.

where did you find this? why/how does aspirin deplete glycine and would vitamin E have the same effect?

 

[Frankdee20]

I have never heard of vitamin E depleting Glycine, but the gut irritating effect of Aspirin is mentioned as being reduced by Glycine. I am not sure if that implies it reduces it altogether

 

[tastyfood]

This is an old thread, but I wanted to share that with doses of 4g per day, it's possible that I went into hyperkalemia territory. I can't my finger on the aspirin being the cause, but I started to develop chest pain, stuffed nose, and severe shortness of breath for days. I had to end up using an inhaler because it wasn't going away.

I managed to stay with the high dose of aspirin for many days before these symptoms appeared. I think it can be tolerated, but I wonder if have to add more baking soda to the aspirin to buffer it more. I was barely adding a pinch of baking soda to the 1g of aspirin.