After reading the provided article, is it feasible that you could possibly help
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After reading the provided article, is it feasible that you could possibly help Wendy determine why Kyle needs a larger dose of his aspirin?
INTRODUCTION "Ouch," said Kyle, drinking a glass of soda, “my stomach hurts." Concerned, his girlfriend Wendy, asked, "What have you been eating? Did you go to that cheap wing place again and order the nuclear wings? Because, if you did, it's your own fault!" 'No," said Kyle, "Ijust took some aspirin for my headache. We were up late practicing last night and I had a slight headache, probably from sleep deprivation. I took some aspirin from the bottle in your medicine chest." Wendy knew from experience that aspirin could hurt your stomach, especially if you took it often or had an ulcer or other kind of stomach problem. But Kyle seemed fine, he is a healthy 20-year old with no health problems that she knew of. "Well, how many did you take?" she asked. "The normal amount, four," replied Kyle. "But that's TWICE the normal dosage!" “I always take four at home. That's how many I need to get rid of my headaches and I've never had my stomach hurt like this," said Kyle. Hmmm thought Wendy, I wonder why the four aspirin he takes at home don't upset his stomach like the ones here do? She asked, “What brand do you take at home?" She knew that she purchased Bayer® aspirin. had used the same thing for years without any side effects "Oh, I don't know, " replied Kyle, "something my roommate Stan buys over the Internet. From some site that has cheap drugs, www.cheapdrugs.com, I think. He can get, like, a thousand aspirin for only $3.50, including shipping and handling. What a deal. We started out taking 2 pills like the label says, but that dose never seemed to work, so we started doubling it. My stomach never hurt like this. Maybe there's something in them to prevent stomach pain, like an antacid-aspirin hybrid?" Wendy had taken some chemistry classes during her first year of college and she was doubtful that Kyle's Internet aspirin contained both antacid and aspirin. She thought that maybe something else was up. If only she could get access to the chemistry laboratories, maybe she could find out what these Internet aspirin contained.Explanation / Answer
Kyle needs a larger dose of aspirin as he used to buy internet aspirin. Those aspirin tablets were cheaper. He used to take first two tablets but that didn't work and then he started taking four. Probably that internet aspirin doesn't have the same composition like standard aspirin tablets.