Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

until you can rush in and brush them.

Taken in small doses, it can reduce the death gas from beer and egg salad. It's also outrageously constipating and will likely absorb any medications the person is on. Used to excess by paranoid health food faddists, it can cause intestinal blockage. It will make poop black, so it can mask GI bleeding.

I don't suggest it unless you've taken an OD of medications and then thought better of it. It's a lifesaver in that case. Just don't bother with ipecac after, ipecac reduces the absorption of poisons.