Tylenol overdose can kill, but the way it kills will vary from person to person.
A general rule of thumb is a toxic dose is 150mg of acetaminophen for each kilogram of your body weight. The less you weigh, the less it will take. The more you weigh, the more you have to take.
Even then, other factors add on to what makes it lethal. If you were fasting, drink more than 3 alcoholic beverages, or for whatever reason not eating, half the normal lethal amount could kill you.
Even if you take the recommended amount, but for longer than 10 days, you could have the lethal amount build up inside of you.
Then again, you might be one of those odd people who could take a massive dose over a long period of time and nothing at all will happen.
How long will it take to die? Could be a few days, a few weeks, a few months, a couple of years, or never.
If you damage your liver, you risk other organ damage such as kidney, pancreas, heart and brain. You might not die, but you might have to live with the damage...or not.
It is a game of roulette
Ivins weighed what?? 150-160 soaking wet! So he would not have to take that much.
Maybe I should have asked, Can you die of a Tylenol overdose in less than 5 days?
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