Hi!

Well, the pills that were doing it (both small and coated) were moving from
the bottom to the top of the liquid (about 2 inches <5 cm for you modern
types>).  Not all the pills did it but it was very odd to watch.

Russ, the waterweasel

-------Original Message-------
From: Kestrel 
Sent: 02/11/03 10:43 AM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: Re: [BR-2] Toxic Coffee

> 
> > [however, the fact that the enteric coated has shown itself to be the
> (SLOW) timed release it's supposed to be (but who reads those pamphlets,
> anyway? *I* thought enteric was just easier to swallow) -- and in room
> temperature and below tests, a person is given to wonder if it dissolves

That is *definitely* good to know!

> couple years ago), now KNOWS that coating matters when administering
> aspirin to a heart attack patient. Reid's little "let's see what
happens"
> experiments MAY have saved a life. Because, in a pinch, who THINKS of
> those things?]

I know I don't!

> > > So far enteric aspirin doesn't want to dissolve (but it did bob up
> > and
> > > down up and down in the Sprite)
> >
> > it bobbed but wasn't dissolving?
> > Well good grief... I wonder why it  bobs...
>
> that's easy
> In yer Sprite(tm) you've got your carbon dioxide coming out of solution.
> These bubbles cling to the surface of the pill, giving it positive
> buoyancy.

you know... I tried it... and I think my problem is that I was picturing
the
bobbing you were talking about as something more dramatic... say moving up
and down the glass... more than just bobbling about on the
surface/slightly
below it. Because the pills I tried didn't really perform admirably enough
to be "bobbing entertainingly" (or however you exactly put it :)
I was sort of disappointed...

> > Dang :) Tell Reid I'd like to read his findings :)
>
> I expect they'll not be THAT exciting.
> (though more so than watching paint dry) tygress

lol... ok, I retract ;)



> 

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