Damn you lil bro WHY !!!!!!

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Powermoloch

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Originally posted by: goku
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
Originally posted by: Kalbi
You can't OD Vitamins.....you just piss it out.

Some can be pissed out, some stays in fat (that's the one you have to worry about)

whats wrong with teh vitamins!?


it can be poisonous!! don't make me grab my Biochemistry textbook !
 

jpeyton

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Glad you called poison control, but you really have little to nothing to worry about. Manufacturer's of kids chewable vitamins formulate their concentrations based on worst case scenarios. They always plan for the scenario that a kid eats a whole bottle.

Humans can tolerate megadoses of most vitamins and minerals fairly well. Doesn't matter if they are fat or water soluble. My guess is that a lot of the vitamins also passed straight through your brothers system because childrens vitamins are not time released.
 

Powermoloch

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Originally posted by: jpeyton
Glad you called poison control, but you really have little to nothing to worry about. Manufacturer's of kids chewable vitamins formulate their concentrations based on worst case scenarios. They always plan for the scenario that a kid eats a whole bottle.

Humans can tolerate megadoses of most vitamins and minerals fairly well. Doesn't matter if they are fat or water soluble. My guess is that a lot of the vitamins also passed straight through your brothers system because childrens vitamins are not time released.


I'm really glad when the person @ poison control that he's going to be ok.
 

SagaLore

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Originally posted by: Kalbi
You can't OD Vitamins.....you just piss it out.

Not true. Water soluble vitmains, yes. Fat soluble vitamins can be dangerous, especially when they are synthetic and taken in unnaturally high quantities.
 

OdiN

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Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
first off.. dont give him vitamin gummy bears.. he thinks its gummy bears.. so give him just one regularly when he can eat and leave teh rest hidden.. and if he wants candy, give his chubby ass some vegetables.

at age 8 he should know.


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alkemyst

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Originally posted by: Powermoloch
Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
pics? :p

:Q


I wish...no camera...lots of tears on his eyes :( !!! me and my mom gave him a BIG talk

why you?

Why you need a biochem text to talk about the problems of fat-soluable vitamins?

An expert at bio and chemistry should have known he'd be ok if Poison Control did, but I am glad you have that on your speed-dial.

 

Doboji

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Yeah I did that when I was a kid.... he'll live... he might just end up a mutant like me...

-Max
 

rezinn

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You can't overdose on most kids vitamins unless you eat multiple containers of them. They are like that for a reason.
 
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Originally posted by: Powermoloch
I got a call at work from my mom stating that my youngest bro ate the too much freaking vitamin gummy bears !!!! god damn it, my whole day screwed up. Called up the poison emergency whatchamacallit. Found out he's going to be okay...he gotta stay away from this sh!t for 2-3 months...It was a close call, but me and my mom have to worry :( !!!!

btw he's 8 yrs old (cute lil fellar, bit chubby)

PEOPLE CAN GET OD FROM FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS !!!!!

added:

at his age, he is recommend to eat 2 GUMMY BEAR LIKE VITAMINS

how much he ate?

approx: 20-30 or more

That's why I always leave drugs on the floor :roll:
 

mrSHEiK124

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This is why you buy the NASTIEST fvcking possible vitamins for little kids. God, my mom used to get these Pokemon vitamins (wasn't long ago that I was a little elementary school monster) and God, they tasted like SH1T, you could almost taste the Iron in those things.