Tylenol meme
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Amusingly, several posts on the wonders of Tylenol. Here’s when we really run out of things to write about…
Still, it’s an opening for a little tidbit that I’ve had floating around my head, because, I too, am a Tylenol fan (actually not Tylenol itself but its generic version - Acetaminophen - available in various pharmacy store brands.)
So, Tylenol fans, did you know that Tylenol overdose is a serious problem, and can actually cause death? It can literally kill you. And it’s more common than you would think?
Why? Because so many other over the counter medicines that you take for flu and colds already have a strong shot of Acetaminophen and so people lose track of the daily dose that they are actually taking.
Check it out.
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January 15th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Yes, and my understanding is it’s a rather unpleasant way to die. (Not that there’s any nice way….) An acetaminophen (or, as the British call it, paracetamol) overdose causes acute liver damage, and so without a liver transplant you have days to weeks to enjoy various toxins building up in your body.
Because of the ease of an overdose, one wonders whether the FDA would approve this for over the counter sale if it were introduced today. Certainly aspirin would never end up on store shelves — we still have only an incomplete understanding of how it works.