Guess I'll just live with this damned headache

[chronovore]

The Straight Dope: Does Tylenol + alcohol = liver failure?:

The real problem with drugs like Tylenol is that the difference between a therapeutic (that is, medically effective) dose and a toxic one is surprisingly small. In adults the maximum safe dosage is four grams (eight 500-milligram tablets) over a 24-hour period. The toxic dose is a mere seven grams taken all at once.

Edit: removed the 2nd part of the article title, because we all know it's a trick question; socialist Canada cannot afford buildings. ;-P

Comments

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

Worrying....

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm now forgoing this med as a recovery for hangovers. Comas are just so passé. :-O

[slinka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no, I've never considered it a building at all. It's a stick with a ring on top. And, to be honest, I kinda figured it was an antenna but never really knew for sure.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

It's an ANGEL STICK, that's why it has a halo.

[professormass.livejournal.com]

It's got a freakin' restaurant. Anything with a restaurant? That's a building.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Sounds reasonable, but I was really posting about tylenol.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

My mom (a former R.N.) told me to stop taking Tylenol when I started drinking alcohol. She saw people come to the ER with complications from that particular combo and it wasn't pretty.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Yikes! What kind of stuff? Comas? Autotoxification?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Kidney failure.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Eep!

[evil-genius.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a male friend of mine mentioning something about Tylenol in the army. Apparently they refer to it as "candy". It is consumed in a manner befitting the name.

Though that memory is like 7 years old now. So it's probably wrong.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

yeah, but it's not as though you're going to accidentally take 14 tylenols at the same time or something. "whoops!"

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's pretty common to hear people talk about being drunk, popping a couple tylenols and drinking a pint of water as a preventative measure against hangovers. I won't be doing that anymore.