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Liver Transplant (Expert Forum)
Ingested 5900 mg acetaminophen and alcohol
Answered by
Thomas D Schiano, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation, Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York - NY
Questions posted in the Liver Transplant . Forum are answered by medical professionals from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Ingested 5900 mg acetaminophen and alcohol
by preclick00, Sep 02, 2008 03:36PM
I'm sorry this was the only forum regarding the liver. I was drunk and made a very bad decision to drink a bottle on Nyquil. When I sobered up I realized that there is acetaminophen in Nyquil, after doing the math I realized that I had ingested 5900 mg. Do I need to go to the hospital? Could i potentially get liver failure from ingesting this amount? The internet is full of information, but you cannot always trust your sources. I hear that it takes closer to 10,000 mg to cause a toxicity in the liver that could kill you but was the fact that I had been drinking heavily lower this number? I know what I did was extremely reckless and stupid. I just want to know if I'm going to be ok. This occured on Sunday at around 1:00 p.m. currently I have diarrhea and my stomaches feels agitated.
I have never done this before and avoid taking Acetaminophen because I am a heavy drinker. Do I need to go to the hospital?
I have never done this before and avoid taking Acetaminophen because I am a heavy drinker. Do I need to go to the hospital?
Doctor's Answer
by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Sep 03, 2008 06:15PM
, Sep 03, 2008 06:15PM
please go to the hosdpital immediately and be assessed.
