tarÂ·pon. n. pl. tarpon or tarÂ·pons. Either of two large marine game fishes, Megalops cyprinoides of the Pacific and Indian Oceans or M. atlanticus of Atlantic coastal waters, having a bluish-green back and silvery sides.
Tampons should be changed every 4-6 hours - some tampon companies  say 8 hours to make their products seem more convenient, but that's  too long to wear a tampon and if you â¦can go that long without  leaking you're using too high an absorbency.
Jan 25 2016. Like all the great philosophical debates, the question of how often you should change your tampon seems to have an answer too broad to feel totally satisfying. Medical sites and tampon packages alike suggest that you change your tampon every four to eight hours, a rule that most of us have been living by our entire menstruating lives.