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Heading into the "Season of Cheer," where we are forced into close proximity for extended periods of time with the one's we love often causes an increase in our stress levels. Higher stress levels tend to lead to more headaches. A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology concludes that, when you reach for that Tylenol bottle, taking tiny amounts over the recommended dose may kill you.
Too much Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and many other pain killers, over a period of a number of days are known as "staggered overdoses." Deaths caused by liver damage due to staggered overdoses were higher, according to the researchers, than deaths due to deliberate suicides caused by a single overdose.
Staggered overdoses are difficult for your doctor to diagnose as the level of Acetaminophen in the blood stream is too low to trigger a warning when a blood test is done despite the fact that you are at at a high risk for liver failure and death. Add alchohol to the mix and the diagnosis becomes even more complex.
Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Tylenol, issued a lower dosing instruction for the painkiller in July 2011. The doctors say it's extremely important that humans that take Tylenol or acetaminophen based drugs adhere to the recommended dosage.
Uhhhummm & ...here's to wishing you a Happy "Headache Free" Holiday Season.
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health is an issue which always makes us to take precautions...I know Tylenol is extensively used and many just don’t know the implication of doses...Over here in India there is too much of self medication and I always caution my family members and friends against this...they don’t know that that there is a slender difference between tiny over does and prescribed dose...as they have been doing it as practice they are exposing them to grave risk...Thanks Tony sharing with us this enlightening article.