The docs have know this for years - it seems the media are just now finding out.
There has been a link to tylenol, alchohol and liver damage for years. But from what I can recall, the alcohol element was considered key.
It killed a good friend of ours in 1992 - she went to a wide variety of doctors who had no idea her liver damage was due to Tylenol which she took several times a week for years.
We did not make the connection until the famous law suit in the late 90's.
The coroner said she had the worst looking liver he had ever seen.
They've known for years that the liver has a hell of a time with acetomine . . . er . . . Tylenol, but if they suspected a study would confirm it, what incentive did the maker have to conduct a study?
Tylenol toxicity is well known in medical circles. As with anything, there comes a point where too much of a good thing becomes bad. Have you seen the Tylenol commercials and ads where the company tells people that if they don't use Tylenol per directions, the company would prefer that they not use it at all?
This has been known since at least 1976..The media
reported on it then, and it became standard of
practice in the medical community...
The public, after generational turnover needs to be
reminded again....
But it is true, don't let the advertisers fool ya'...
so go slow with acetaminophen....
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There were early warnings about liver problems. I can't remember exactly when, but about 15-20 years ago. This is the reason I stuck with aspirin.
No. It's been known. Remember Empirin Compound or APCs? Aspirin, Phenacetin, Caffeine? They took phenacetin off the market. J&J had enough clout to keep acetaminophen on the market. One of the active metabolites of acetaminophen is, IIRC...phenacetin.
No, the risk of liver damage from Tylenol has been know for some time.
Funny, I'm no doctor and I've know it for years. I thought everyone did.