>I looked at the ingredients on the Pepto bottle I have, and saw nothing >that looked like asprin, so I called them directly. The woman that >answered the phone put me on hold to double check, and she said there >is no asprin in any of their Pepto products. " I have been confused too, I know aspirin is a salicylate I think aceta-salicylic acid ( since it's common abbreviation is ASA), and pepto is bismuth sub-salicylate also a salicylate. I never hear of people with aspirin allergies can't take pepto though, not even a warning. SO, I checked their website and this is what it said about aspriin and pepto "The cause of Reye Syndrome is still not understood despite a tremendous amount of research. However, the FDA mandated warning for aspirin-containing products states "Children and teenagers should not use this medicine for chicken pox or flu symptoms before a doctor is consulted about Reye's syndrome, a rare but serious illness reported to be associated with aspirin." There is no aspirin in Pepto-Bismol. The active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol is bismuth subsalicylate, a non-aspirin salicylate. Salicylates are commonly used as flavoring agents in food (wintergreen). The United States Food & Drug Administration's OTC Final Monograph states that there is no definitive evidence that associates use of non-aspirin salicylates with an increased risk of Reye s syndrome. " I will comment that I had to call poison control once for a child that ate something with wintergreen oil in it and was told it has salicylate in it , and was akin to aspirin, so I was to draw a level of salicylate to make sure there was no overdose. A drug book I have says 'precautions' may cause Reye syndrome, contains salicylate. So who knows? Seems like it probably really is not a big deal, the product has been around forever and I never see any news about it causing any illness,etc. BTW, kaopectate recently changed their formula to contain bismuth subsalicylate, so basically it is the same as pepto now. I am not sure when it changed, so just read the label if you have this product to see. Patty [Posted in FML issue 4478]