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i want to mention that for many weeks i was taking 2x325mg before my shot as part of my shot routine. Then I stopped and found it made no difference to my post-shot reaction. I only took it on an 'as needed' basis after that.
Interested to know more about this report. I found Tylenol very effective when I used it for bone pain during tx. Thought it packed a surprising amount of of punch.
Denise
Out here in the real, non-wedding world, there’s been a big media feeding frenzy over a FDA recommendation for changing and relabeling products that contain acetaminophen. I think one of the concerns is to remove products such as vicodine and other analgesics that combine opiates with acetaminophen; also to change package labeling to reduce dosage to 650 mg/dose from the current 1000 mg max.
I think the concern is that some folks have been unknowingly taking products that contain acetaminophen along with the drug itself; essentially double-dosing and causing long term damage. So many people have been taking Tylenol as prescribed for years now without apparent problem; it’s difficult for me to imagine doctors changing their advice at this point.
Good luck with the wedding preparations, and take care—
Bill
current recommendation. This was being prescribed by my Ortho with my Gastros blessing. I did this for a couple of years-I wonder if this is why I am now in end stage-could it have been the codeine and the aceto or one or the other? Or the combination of the two? I don't know. Maybe because I waited too long to TX.
I can't take NSAIDs (the ibuprofens & aleves) ever or aspirin until my clotting gets a little better. I'm taking Tylenol.
I think the recommended black box warning is for people who pop tylenol casually without thinking how much they're taking and especially for people taking narcotic painkillers plus tylenol (without realizing it's in there) or cough syrups with tylenol and adding tylenol along with the painkillers or cough syrup.
It's good to be aware, but the warning is not aimed at us and our carefully controlled occassional 2 grams/day.
At my worst, I had 18 tablets in one week. I had intense bone pain in my legs and lower back and my hep dr said I could take up to 6 x 500 mg in a 24 hour period, short term, and that's with early cirrhosis. I tried to keep it down, but I certainly used 4-5 a day when I really needed to (usually between day 3-5 after my shot).
Maybe it depends on what other drugs you're taking but I couldn't have got through tx without paracetamol.