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Commercial aspirin is pretty much odorless.

If you detect a "vinegar" smell, the active ingredient - acetylsalicylic acid - is breaking down. To avoid this, store aspirin where it's cool, dark and dry, in a airtight container, buy the freshest aspirin you can find (usually the best selling brand/size in the store) and don't expect it to live forever.

I used to keep aspirin in the glove box, so it'd be handy, but closed cars in the summer sun get hot, so I learned to replace it every Halloween so I'd have good aspirin when I needed it.

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