Talk:Bismuth subsalicylate

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[edit] Pepto-Bismol

Also, how about a structure? And an X-ray crystal structure?

I'm wrapping the brand name Pepto-Bismol in [['s, to make it appear on the requested articles page. I think that this particular (exclusive maybe? I don't know) brand use of bismuth subsalicylate deserves a wikipage, due to its reference in both popular media, and it being almost a monopoly in the stomach-calming-medicines market. Additionally, if anyone could provide more information about the method of action of Bismuth Subsalicylate I would be much obliged. --Lor 04:00, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Aha, well bismuth subsalicylate redirects here. I shall undo the change in that case - but I would like to suggest for the reasons above that Pepto-Bismol be given its own seperate article? Sorry again, --Lor 04:05, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
And after only two years, I decided to give it it's own article. The wheels of Wikipedia grind slowly, but let's see Encarta cover this. --ByeByeBaby 07:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gallery of Advertisements featuring Pepto-Bismol

I'd like to add the following link within the main article.

http://advertising.tjs-labs.com/gallery-view?product=PEPTO+BISMOL&op=AND&span=1000&sort=B

Please advise soonest.--15.235.153.104 20:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The link does not comply with wp:el, and it does not give any extra information about the chemical, I don't think this is a good place for the link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree that the link has nothing to do with the chemical. However, it has everything to do with Pepto-Bismol (which is how I found this page, btw). There are links to the "official" Pepto and Kaopectate sites here. Perhaps there should be a separate Pepto-Bismol article. --15.235.153.104 20:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
You are right, I removed those as well. Your link would still not comply with wp:el. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Action, perhaps a link

This page is more linked to organic rather than inorganic chemistry, the action is the same as salicylic acid(asprin). It is just the bismuth salt, like sodium acetate is that salt of acetic acid. A link to asprin would be useful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spgoo1 (talk • contribs) 08:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Action, perhaps a link

This page is more linked to organic rather than inorganic chemistry, the action is the same as salicylic acid(asprin). It is just the bismuth salt, like sodium acetate is that salt of acetic acid. A link to asprin would be useful. Spgoo1 08:53, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radioactive?

Hi. The article on Bismuth states that bismuth is radioactive. If that's true, wouldn't pepto-bismol causeside effects due to its radioactivity? Or, would bismuth have to stay in the body for along time to release any radioactive particles? Should this be mentioned in the article? Thanks. – AstroHurricane001(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)(+sign here+How's my editing?) 14:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Bismuth has 98 radioactive isotopes. None of them occur naturally. Naturally occuring bismuth is stable.--Mycroft.Holmes 15:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually it isn't stable, but its half-life is comparable to the age of the universe, so it's safe --Cubbi 21:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added information from Pepto Bismol FAQ page

http://www.pepto-bismol.com/faqs.shtml Instead of just mentioning the black tongue thing and scaring people away from something, I think explaining why it happens, and adding a sentence on how it is perfectly harmless, is also important. So thats what I did. My information comes from the official Pepto-bismol homepage FAQ, since I went there to see what all this black tongue stuff was about. Where someone added a "citation needed" thing to where someone mentioned you shouldn't take it when you have chicken pocks or the flu, I'd like to mention that the Pepto Bismol FAQ answers that question as well, it just a standard FDA-mandated warning for aspirin- and non-aspirin-containing products. That sentence doesn't make sense to me though, since everything is either containing or not containing aspirins, so wouldn't it be in everything? Anyway, someone might want to check out that source of information. Dream Focus 06:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is that an EXTERNAL link?

In the section "External links" there is a link to another wikipedia page that then contains external links. But that particular link is to another wikipedia page, and therefor isn't really an "external" link, but an internal one. Dream Focus 06:17, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:52, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I add a more appropriate IUPAC Name --ChemSpiderMan (talk) 03:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] This link refers to branded product

Moving this to Talk, as this article is about the "generic" substance rather than a branded product. (Pepto-Bismol does link to this site.)

-- Writtenonsand (talk) 20:09, 31 May 2008 (UTC)