RE: CS>Bananas (Part 1)
* From: Ernie Patai wrote:
* Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:18:16
The one I've always used is 2 bananas before bed, along with one or two
bottles of Gatorade and 2 tylenols.. Never felt better !!
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It is not wise to take tylenol with any alcohol in the body...
Dan
http://dm.olemiss.edu/archives/97/9710/971006/971006N2alcohol.HTML
Combining Tylenol, alcohol can result in serious consequences
By Will Glover
Staff Writer
The next time you have a hangover and reach for Tylenol to alleviate
your headache, you might want to think again.
In 1995, the FDA Advisory Committees recommended that all
over-the-counter pain relievers such as Tylenol carry an alcohol
warning. The warning, which appears on the label of all adult Tylenol
products, reads as follows: "If you generally consume three or more
alcohol-containing drinks per day, you should consult your physician for
advice on when and how you should take Tylenol and other pain relievers."
Tylenol was the first over-the-counter pain reliever to add the
alcohol warning label, in part because of a lawsuit brought again McNeil
Consumer Products by 39-year-old Antonio Benedi of Fairfax, Virginia.
Benedi claimed that his liver was destroyed by a toxic reaction in his
body caused by taking Extra Strength Tylenol and drinking wine every
night. He later had to undergo a kidney transplant.
A jury agreed with Benedi and awarded him $8.8 million. The judgment
was upheld in a federal appeals court. The ruling prompted an FDA review
of over-the-counter pain relievers and their reaction with alcohol.
Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, has been named in
several studies in the past 10 years as the cause of sudden liver
failure in rare instances. Many of the cases involved heavy drinkers.
Dr. Eric Dahl, head physician of Ole Miss's Student Health Center,
says that Tylenol as well as other pain relievers can be harmful.
"The problem is synergism," Dahl said. "Synergism is where the force
of two is greater than their sum. Both of these drugs (alcohol and
Tylenol) are metabolized in the liver."
When a person consumes too much of the drugs together, they can
combine to harm the liver. Dahl says that how much a person can handle
of the two drugs varies. "It depends on how fast your body metabolizes
what's in there. The body can safely handle a drink per hour. It likes
to have less than two drinks a day on average."
"Most people, when they reach a certain blood-alcohol level, pass
out, so the body has time to metabolize the alcohol," Dahl said. "If you
clog the liver with Tylenol or Advil, both act as a poison to damage the
liver."
Statistics show that close to only one in 1,000 to 100,000 people
have side effects after taking over-the-counter pain relievers.
"The vast majority of people get away with (mixing pain relievers and
alcohol)," Dahl said. "You can't predict who will have what response."
Dahl says that after consuming alcohol, as a general rule, one should
avoid taking Tylenol or an ibuprofen such as Advil for six hours,
depending on whether the alcohol was taken on an empty stomach and the
amount of alcohol consumed.
At the FDA panel hearings on acetaminophen, an expert testifying for
the makers of Advil said that individuals who drink more than two
alcoholic beverages a day should not take more than two grams of
acetaminophen a day. The makers of Tylenol pointed out that ibuprofen
can cause gastrointestinal bleeding in heavy drinkers.
"Both (Advil and Tylenol) are wonderful drugs with a safety profile
that is terrific," Dr. David Katzka, a gastroenterologist at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine said in a 1996 New York
Times article. "It is only a very small minority of people who take the
drugs and have serious side effects. Gastrointestinal bleeding
associated with ibuprofen is a more common problem, but the severe liver
toxicity you get in rare cases with acetaminophen is more serious."
Also toxic is switching from acetaminophen to ibuprofen, the New York
Times said.
Currently, Tylenol (acetaminophen), BC (aspirin), Orudis KT
(ketoprofen), and Aleve (naproxen sodium) are the only over-the-counter
pain relievers that carry the alcohol warning label. The makers of Advil
have fought the FDA ruling. According to a statement released by the
company, the company has not put an alcohol warning on Advil because
"scientific data does not support such a warning."
"Combining drugs, especially alcohol, is very dangerous if you don't
have a physician's guidance," Dahl said. "You're running the risk of
serious injury or death."
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