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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Allergies and Treatments Thereof - try Vitamin C
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 21:20:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 21 21:20:14 1984
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> You think 3 grams or more of ascorbic acid per day isn't classified as
> a drug?  I'm glad your allergies are gone, but be sure to write when
> you go into the hospital for kidney stones! :-)

A drug is something not normally ingested/present-in-the-body.

Would you call someone a drug user if they ingested a lot of
H2O ?

There is evidence that we are *supposed* to ingest several grams
of Vitamin C per day.  And it doesn't follow that you'll get
kidney stones.
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