Posted on 01/17/2014 6:10:07 AM PST by Innovative
Acetaminophen is often used in pain medications with opioids such as oxycodone (Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin) and codeine (Tylenol with Codeine). These are called combination drugs, and the Food and Drug Administration is asking doctors to stop prescribing those that have more than 325 mg of acetaminophen per dose.
Acetaminophen overdose is one of the most common poisonings worldwide," according to the National Institutes of Health.
Taking too much of this pain reliever can lead to liver failure or death.
n 2011, the FDA asked manufacturers to limit the amount of acetaminophen in prescription combination drugs to 325 mg per capsule or tablet by January 2014. While more than half of the manufacturers agreed, some combination drugs with higher amounts of acetaminophen remain on the market.
To find out if your medications contain acetaminophen, read the drug label or the list of ingredients in the patient information leaflet that came with your prescription. Look for the word "acetaminophen" or the letters "APAP," an abbreviation sometimes used for the drug. If you are still unsure, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Musinex has something similar. Then i combine with Ibuprofen, which I prefer.
> They did the same with OTC asthma inhalers. Now we have to go the doctor and get refills and the albuterol ones don’t seem to last as long as the old Primatenes did. Yes I know epinephrine is bad in high/prolonged doses but a better rescue inhaler there is not.
Funny how there’s usually a correlation between regulation and price increases and the donations coming from the manufacturing pharmaceutical company to the politicians that sponsored the legislation.
Probably just a coincidence.
They lie. I eat 10 grams a day of the stuff, and I’m fine. Hold on, I have to hook up my home dialysis machine... there, that’s better. I’m tellin’ ya, I’ve never felt better! I sprinkle the stuff on Cheerios!
Most people know that taking a handful is a bad idea but they might not know that taking a double dose is bad as well where as most people understand that six inches of sharp pointy steel blades are unhealthy when plunged into your gullet.
“They lie. I eat 10 grams a day of the stuff, and I’m fine. Hold on, I have to hook up my home dialysis machine”
I hope you aren’t a doctor. Acetaminophen overdose affects the liver, not the kidneys, which is what dialysis machines are for.
It is my understanding that kidneys, being near the liver, are identical in function and form.
How can they be identical in form when there is only one liver but two kidneys?
Math.
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