LIVER PROBLEMS FROM LONG TERN VICADIN USE

[vicaddict]

HI everyone...hope you are all doing well tonight.

Now although I KNOW that tylenol is horrible for your liver, and even more so with the constant use of it and or the vicodin.

What I am worried about is this, and have been for some time..one would think it would have been enough to make me stop long before now!

What are the chances that I have ruined my lover by the vicodin use. I did ask my dr. to check my levels oh about 6 months ago., maybe even a little better than that. I asked him to as I had read it was bad for the liver taken in access. He said my results were normal, at that time.

When I see my Dr on Monday I also am going to mention it to him again when I let him know just how much of these things I was taking.

Now steadily I would say...almost the past yr maybe yr. and a hlaf since I started on these heavily. IE: 8-10/day...some 5/500..some 7.5/750.
I am now quite scared I may have done serious damage. Anyone that has had any damage to the liver from using?

Thank you in advance.

[CRIMINAL]

yes the liver can regenerate itself but it can only regenerate itself so much..like my doctor told me "hes sure i have perminant damage with the kind of levals i have"  but also told me if i stop now i should be okay.

[memily79]

if it were common sense, it would have been over a long time ago...

[creek]

My God, this is so educational.  I have only been using this site for a few days. I too have known for years I am overdosing on tylenol daily.  Why do I feel "it will never happen to me" and yet when I go to sleep at night I regret not treating my body with more respect.  I'm killing myself slowly and I don't have enough common sense to stop.

[memily79]

this might be too little too late, but get you some milk thistle.  it works wonders, not only does it strengthen and help for future problems, it has been show to repair minor damages as well.

[vicaddict]

Wow zaane....there were angels over you hun! Amazing story. But, at least you are here to tell it, right!

How did that happen? I mean was it an over time thing, or did you take too many at once type of thing?

Glad to see your still here, thought maybe you left the building. :)

[zaane]

Yes. I survived liver failure from overdosing on the acetaminophen in my vicodin. My body was going into congestive heart failure and I was in a state of confusion. I Could not even figure out how to dial a phone.  Lucky for me, the liver has the ability to repair itself. My doctor told me that in all her years of practice, she has never seen a liver bounce back like mine did. She was convinced that I would be on the liver transplant list by the time she came back the next morning.