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cooby Nov 09 2006 10:28 AM

[url=http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=108701]Store brand Tylenol recalled[/url]

soupcan Nov 09 2006 10:36 AM

Are those Tylenol pills killing people again? Those crazy kids.

cooby Nov 09 2006 11:36 AM

I like how they won't tell us what all brands are involved. I guess we should just all throw ours out and go buy real Tylenol.

metirish Nov 09 2006 11:38 AM

I could really use a Tylenol right now, I have a splitting headache.

cooby Nov 09 2006 01:31 PM

Big night?

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2006 02:24 PM

What do you suppose the ratio is of O-t-C pain medication that is taken for actual need as opposed to want, or habit, or "addiction", or just for thehelluvait? I'm guessing less than 50/50

KC Nov 09 2006 05:39 PM

I've stopped taking any of that stuff. I had a liver function red flag some time back and stopped taking acetomenephin and ibuprophen and that new crap that I can't think of and now my liver tests come back fine. Quit beer, BAH

MFS62 Nov 09 2006 09:28 PM

KC, is that other stuff naproxin sodium? Later

KC Nov 09 2006 09:58 PM

I guess. Generic Alleve? Bad news for livers and kidneys.

cooby Nov 09 2006 10:34 PM

I took some a little while ago; so far I'm not dead

seawolf17 Nov 09 2006 11:32 PM

Excedrin Migraine. The stuff's like candy. Best. Medicine. Ever.

KC Nov 09 2006 11:32 PM

cooby pondered calling me a girly man ... I just know it.

Johnny Dickshot Nov 09 2006 11:46 PM

I was addicted to Advil for a long time. The first time I ever suffered a real sports injury (badly rolled ankle -- it made noise and everything) I was very nervous about getting back to competing when my PT suggested it was okay to take 3 or 4 Advil if you need to and it gave me CAHNfidence. I know she didn't intend for it, but 2 or 3 Advil and play for me became just a regular thing (this was until injuries that couldn't be solved with Advil ended my jockly career). Now I rarely take Advil.

soupcan Nov 10 2006 09:05 AM

My father-in-law's a retired G.P. and he tells me there's nothing wrong with popping 3 Advil at a time on a semi-regular basis. Before and after I bike I do it, before and after I ski I do it. If I'm out and have a few too many (this doesn't happen nearly as often as it once did - I'm not 27 anymore...) I'll pop a few before bed to ward off the hangover. I have great results with each of these proceedures and so far no ill effects at all. I think the problems have to do with excessive regular alcohol intake mixed with acetomenephine (Advil). That's when the liver starts squawking. I'm surprised to hear that people find these pills addicting, that's news to me. Now Viagra - that's an addiction...

Yancy Street Gang Nov 10 2006 09:13 AM

I take Advil when I have a headache. There are some weeks when I have to take a few pills every day, and sometimes I go weeks or months without taking them at all. I think it's largely influenced by how well I'm sleeping. I was briefly alarmed to learn that they could affect the liver, but if that only happens with alcohol consumption I should be okay. When I try some sake in Japan later this month it'll be my first drink in over four years.

Frayed Knot Nov 10 2006 09:34 AM

I don't know that they're physically addicting so much as psychological. Peeps take them because ... well because they took them last time they did whatever, which leads you to take them the next time and then the next because either you feel bad or just anticipate that you might; yyybbb. I guess just never got in the habit. If I take a dozen aspirin a year it's probably a lot.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 10 2006 10:05 AM

I'll take them for headaches, especially sinus headaches. I was taking a lot in September, but I haven't had much of a need over the past month and a half.

KC Nov 10 2006 10:21 AM

soup: >>>I think the problems have to do with excessive regular alcohol intake mixed with acetomenephine (Advil). That's when the liver starts squawking.<<< Acetomenephin is Tylenol, Ibuprofen is Advil. And yes, alcohol is a major factor. I guess I'm getting old, but if not taking the stuff keeps my doctor off my back about beer drinking I'd rather give up the pain relief (especially when it's not always really really needed).

Frayed Knot Nov 10 2006 10:36 AM

I thought beer itself was a pain reliever? Best when taken internally