Posted on 02/12/2013 5:46:24 AM PST by wesagain
Take a close look through your medicine cabinet. First look for all the obvious Tylenol medications – Tylenol, Tylenol PM, Tylenol Cough and Cold, acetaminophen (the generic name for Tylenol), etc. Next, look for any prescription pain medications you may have such as Lortab or Hydrocodone/APAP – the APAP means Tylenol has been added. Check cold medications – Nyquil, Alka-Seltzer Plus, St. Joseph Aspirin Free and Zicam, etc. Any drug that has APAP, cet, or acetam as part of the name probably contains Tylenol. Notice how many of your medications contain acetaminophen/Tylenol.
This hunt is not just an academic exercise. Tylenol is the No. 1 reason for liver failure in America today – not because people are knowingly taking an overdose, but because they are being unwittingly exposed to acetaminophen from a variety of sources over a long period of time. The Tylenol people have done a great job of slipping their product into a myriad of commonly used drugs.
Instead of Lortab or other combination pain killers, I routinely give my patients plain Codeine after surgery, but until I specifically asked for it, my local pharmacy had no common prescription narcotic painkiller without Tylenol. Generally, pain medicine given post-op contains Tylenol.
Tylenol is marketed for two purposes – pain relief and as an anti-pyretic, i.e. it lowers fever. It is very effective in these regards, but with increased exposure, side effects are starting to emerge. In addition to liver failure – where the science is quite well worked out – Tylenol probably is bad for the brain and the kidneys.
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So are NSAIDs and aspirin. There is no one size fits all remedy for people. I am guessing that we will have to go to the doctor for scripts for aspirin and Tylenol soon. To protect us. And to cut down on the high costs of treating liver or kidney failure. Or stomach ulcers.
All very well said, and the bottom line is, you do what you need to do, to get through as best you can.
Arthritis...Try borax, as in ‘Twenty Mule Team Borax’. Get it in the laundry section at the super market. Lick the tip of your finger and dip it in a bit of the Borax, then lick it off. Do that three times a day. It works for most people.
http://www.whale.to/w/boron.html
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm
http://www.positivehealth.com/article/nutrition/boron-major-cause-and-cure-for-arthritis
Thanks Marie. I’ll check out the vitacost site. I already checked Amazon.com and the Nature Made at a reasonable cost as well!
You’re the first person I know of who can’t take Celebrex, which is one of the least harmful NSAIDs.
There are some tricks worth investigating for high blood pressure, such as garlic, which is fine for some, not so good for others, and fat soluble vitamin C, which is best to make yourself, but not particularly hard if you know how, and much less hard on the stomach.
“...a daily supplement of 500 mg (vitamin C) dropped systolic blood pressure, the top number in the blood pressure reading, by 9 percent after four weeks”, according to the Linus Pauling Institute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeU—wadrMY
Potassium supplements, with your doctor’s permission, can be very good for dropping high blood pressure. Oddly enough, potassium supplements only contain a tiny amount, compared to Morton salt substitute, 1/4 tsp of which has 17% of the US RDA. It also tastes almost the same as table salt, that is, they have improved the flavor considerably.
The two favored oils to reduce blood pressure and with other good cardiovascular properties are olive oil and Omega-3 fish oil. And both you can consume in quantity.
The nuclear weapon of herbal medicine is oregano oil, that contains dozens of anti-inflammatory chemicals, pain relievers almost as good as opiates, and lowers blood pressure both systolic and diastolic.
The spice cardamom at 3g/day has also been shown to reduce blood pressure without side effects.
Vitamin D is a natural ACE inhibitor. ACE inhibitors are used for both hypertension and congestive heart failure.
I have severe stenosis and sacroiliac joint horrible pains. For a month I have been taking CURAMIN (turmeric + boswellia) and glucosamin MSM. My pains are leaving me and most of the times I am erect and walking normally.
I will continue this regimen and see where it takes me.
Glucosamin and Curamin twice a day with some food. I do take krill oil too as well as other vitamins. Swanson Vitamins has the Curamin at $53 for 200 pills and most of the time specials with 0 shipping.
People on warfarin, also take aspirin in many cases. They get their blood checked regularly for clotting time, and they are careful about their dosages and their diet. Yes, they have a higher risk for bleeding, but they have a lower risk of blood clots causing harm, which offsets the bleeding risk.
My family didn't get the internet until 1998. When I look back on what I knew 15 years ago vs. what I know now, it's amazing. My son was diagnosed with Celiac disease ten years ago. I had never *heard* of such a thing as being allergic to wheat. NOBODY told me that Tylenol was bad for my liver. I didn't find out about that until the year 2000.
"Taking responsibility" for your medical condition simply wasn't possible before technology. Heck, when I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2000, the breakthroughs in the disease had JUST happened a couple of years ago and it was in the mid-90's that they recognized that it was a pre-diabetic condition.
Now, the situation is different and we have the ability to do our own research. But right now there's also a massive debate in the medical community on a variety of topics and you can find information contradicting a lot of recognized medical practices. My dr. has me on 1.3 grams of Tylenol a day. Her manual says that it's safe. I knew Tylenol was bad for my liver, but I didn't know HOW bad until today.
Except if you take any PPIs like Prevacid for GERD/heartburn. It will open in your stomach...
For general health reasons, I started taking fish oil. I was so surprised when I saw that my cholesterol (which was starting to get high) dropped.
Sometimes that is exactly how I feel. 8o
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