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browngirl ([personal profile] browngirl) wrote2013-10-05 01:47 pm

PSA: Tylenol (aka acetaminophen or paracetamol) is quite dangerous

The liver-destroying overdose is only about twice the effective dose recommended daily maximum dose ([livejournal.com profile] redbird, thank you for the correction), which is way too close for comfort. [livejournal.com profile] siderea posted an excellent explanation, including a partial list of OTC and prescription medications containing acetaminophen, inspired by an NPR report which [livejournal.com profile] nancylebov wrote about.

[identity profile] tibicina.livejournal.com 2013-10-08 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
They actually don't sell tylenol-3 in Canada, they sell Tylenol-1. (It has less codeine than Tylenol-3, thus being schedule 1 instead of schedule 3. In the US, we just generally don't /bother/ with Tylenol-1 because if you're getting a prescription anyway and have a legitimate reason to have it, then the Tylenol-3 almost always makes more sense.)

[identity profile] tibicina.livejournal.com 2013-10-08 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
Or, well, they sell tylenol-3, but only with a prescription, the over-the-counter stuff, however, is Tylenol-1.