The active ingredient in the painkillers Tylenol, Anacin and Panadol was the focus of a recent analysis of 19 studies of 425,000 children and adults treated with acetaminophen in the past year. Children given acetaminophen were 60 percent more likely to suffer from asthma, while adults who had taken the drug were 75 percent more likely to experience asthma. According to a University of British Columbia-Vancouver review published in the journal Chest, higher doses translated to a greater risk of asthma.
The March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Medicine contained an analysis of data from 26,000 men, participants in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Researchers at Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Vanderbilt University, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, determined that men younger than 60 who used acetaminophen were 61 percent more likely to experience hearing loss. Studies appearing in the journal Drug Safety (2008 Vol 31p127-141) have linked acetaminophen to adverse vision events.
With 70-75 million prescriptions written annually, acetaminophen is the most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the United States. It is blamed for 56,000 injuries, 25,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been aware of this situation for decades.
As early as 1977, the agency warned about acetaminophen and liver damage. The FDA Advisory Review Panel noted that exceeding the recommended dosage or (please note the or) taking acetaminophen for more than 10 days puts the patient at risk of liver damage. A suggestion that pharmacists distribute information explaining the risks of this drug has fallen on deaf ears at the FDA.
A study published in the journal Arthritis Care and Research cautioned that adverse reactions to acetaminophen not only affect patients’ quality of life, they also impose substantial economic burdens on society. Given all that we know now, how can the FDA remain silent about acetaminophen?
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I've seen similar reports. There pain pills should not be taken for any extended period of time.
Yes, but thank god for them when you really need them. I think it is a good idea to change your medications periodically if you really need them.
So far I have found little in the alternative realms that really controls serious pain and much of it that I have found requires the assistance of a naturopath which can break anybodys bank given time.
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I do everything in my power not to take tylenol or asprin.... My dad use to work in the prison back in the sixties and would tell us about the prisoners who were addicted to asprins... some of them would take forty fifty asprins a day.. that was when i remember deciding I didnt want to take any type of pills... if you can become addicted to asprins, to me that was messed up
We have recently started using the white willow bark, and very recently started using arnica for headache pain...the grandkids use the homeopathic brand, but the daughter in law and I make a tea... since we dont use it that often, we are hoping its safe....From what i have read, they dont recommend taking arnica unless you go thru a homeopath or other doctor...
Normally if I or one of the grandkids get a headache we start with a big glass of water, and a cool cloth on the head, and rest....that usually takes care of headache issues
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White willow bark is a natural form of aspirin and since there are co factors, it takes less of the active salicylate to help out. Tylenol is a liver toxin and there a few cases every yr where it completely destroys someones liver. But of course you do not hear about it, but let one person get sick from vitamins and look out FOX, CNN etc
Yes, but thank god for them when you really need them. .
I agree for the occasional ache or pain or headache they work pretty good. Considering that it is very rare that I will take one, one is typically all I will need.
Now when my family witch doctor recommended that a take half an aspirin a day to "avoid" heart problems I just politely nodded and promptly ignored him.
Yes, but thank god for them when you really need them. I think it is a good idea to change your medications periodically if you really need them.
So far I have found little in the alternative realms that really controls serious pain and much of it that I have found requires the assistance of a naturopath which can break anybodys bank given time.
True, unfortunately. My husband gets regular killer migraines and it's either these drugs or the stronger migraine drugs. He used Excedrin Migraine (acetominophen, caffeine) and his body was always detoxing. He switched to BC Powder (aspirin, caffeine) to give a break to his liver and now has had loud variable tinnitis for many months which may have been caused by the aspirin in the BC Powder, but not sure.
Sometimes he can lessen them if he drinks a ton of water at onset. Sometimes just caffeine will do it. Often he tries to tuff them out but his doctor told him if he doesn't take the painkillers he could get a stroke. I'm wondering if that's true?
True, unfortunately. My husband gets regular killer migraines and it's either these drugs or the stronger migraine drugs. He used Excedrin Migraine (acetominophen, caffeine) and his body was always detoxing. He switched to BC Powder (aspirin, caffeine) to give a break to his liver and now has had loud variable tinnitis for many months which may have been caused by the aspirin in the BC Powder, but not sure.
Sometimes he can lessen them if he drinks a ton of water at onset. Sometimes just caffeine will do it. Often he tries to tuff them out but his doctor told him if he doesn't take the painkillers he could get a stroke. I'm wondering if that's true?
For migraines have him take magnesium and an herb called feverfew (you hav eto take it daily to prevent the migraines, it does nothing once they hit)
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