# How much air does it take to kill someone?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-air-does-it-take-to-kill-someone/115628 "2002-06-24T01:40:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-air-does-it-take-to-kill-someone/115628/1 "2002-06-24T01:40:16Z")

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Hello,

I take medicene subcutaneously pretty much every night. While doing so, I have to get all of the air out of the syringe so it doesn’t go into my bloodstream and kill me. My question is, how much air is too much?

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