Slightly off topic but how much is “ too much Tylenol “ ?? Enough to cause liver failure?
I’ve never heard of such a thing.
Tylenol overdose
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20051201/tylenol-overdoses-liver-failure
Mix with alcohol, and it takes less to kill the liver. No alcohol takes more, but it will work.
Some gals take an overdose to fake a suicide attempt, and then really end up dead a few days later.
If the anti-poisen measures are not given soon enough, between 15 - 20 pills taken at one time, will cause death, due to liver failure.
It happened to my wife at age 36. She was on some medication containing aceitominophin and took Tylenol on top of that. She, fortunately, did not damage her basil cells and her liver regenerated. Its probably better than mine. No, she isn’t a drinker nor a pill popper. She will never touch pain medication again. Some people may have various assumptions when it came to her particular overdose ... I can assure you that it didnt involve any abusive amount. It was the single most terrifying experience we lived through to date.
Some people cannot process that drug. Its a very low percentage of the population. Tylenol overdoses do happen though. I had a flashback to that week reading this article ... I feel for that young woman they described.
The symptoms are similar to so many different illnesses. Her’s were flu like. The strange part was that she seemed disoriented. I took her to the ER ... They ran tests and eventually saw that her liver enzymes were high. At that point, she was jaundice and unable to recognize anyone. She was rushed to intensive care. They were able to neutralize the Tylenol in her system with an antidote. She was put into a coma. They had her on a transplant list at that point. They saw her enzyme count drop after a few hours.
I wish I could go into more details, but I cannot type well on my phone. I just wanted to convey that it can happen and the victim may not necessarily be abusing the medication. Fortunately for her, she made a 100% recovery.
I always thought Tylenol was so harmless it can’t cure anything, even a headache. That’s why doctors and hospitals prescribe it like candy because they know it won’t lead to lawsuits and the placebo effect usually gives them the results they need.
I think the only way you can die from Tylenol was for someone to tamper with the bottle, which was what led to all the special packaging after someone around 1980 started poisoning bottles and then putting them back on the shelves.
Also, in the case of my wife, it was an accumulation of the drug in her system vs. taking an overdose. I’m difficult to live with, but not that bad :-). Hopefully a doctor familiar with the drug that resides on FR can provide more insight.
A friends daughter took a dozen when she was a freshman in college. She nearly died and has suffered from liver disease ever since. Liver damage is the most widely known effect of Tylenol abuse.
Happens everyday. That is why max dose is 3 grams per day.
14 extra strength tylenol tablets in a day are enough to cause an overdose.