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.
It is fine to wear a tampon of proper absorbency overnight if it is changed promptly in the morning. The number of TSS cases in the US last year were unbelievably small- just 24 people, and that included cases from open wounds and burns, not just tampons.