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.
edh, God is good, All the time!