Hey Dan wonder how many Bananas Bill Amos eats I think he should get some
it might help his problems I understand he has a lot . Ruth
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From: "Ernie Patai" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: RE: CS>Bananas (Part 1)
> Well that's a given Dan, certainly not advisable. But I shouldn't be
> drinking copious amounts of alcohol either.. *smile* In any regard,
> minus the tylenol, it still works out great .:-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Nave [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:23 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: CS>Bananas (Part 1)
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> RE: CS>Bananas (Part 1)
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> * From: Ernie Patai wrote:
> * Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:18:16
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> 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
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> http://dm.olemiss.edu/archives/97/9710/971006/971006N2alcohol.HTML
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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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