Posted by ed_uk on July 1, 2005, at 17:40:55 [reposted on July 2, 2005, at 1:08:10 | original URL]
In reply to Re: vicoden long term, posted by flmm on July 1, 2005, at 16:53:30
Hi,
You take 1g/day? That's a very safe dose. At appropriate therapeutic doses, Tylenol only causes liver damage in people with risk factors eg. severe malnutrition, alcoholics.
>.....am always confused by misinformation!
Everyone knows that Tylenol is very dangerous in overdose.........People often assume that long term use of therapeutic doses causes similar damage - it doesn't. The liver doesn't have any problem dealing with small therapeutic doses.
Most medical authorities recommend long term use of Tylenol as a first line treatment for chronic pain.
Kind regards
~Ed
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