Tylenol is dangerous.
Every year, overdoses of medicines containing acetaminophen send more than 78,000 people to emergency rooms. One third of those emergencies happened by accident, according to a Consumer Products Safety Commission study. An estimated 150 people die each year from accidental acetaminophen overdoses, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats more than the number who die from intentional overdoses of acetaminophen to commit suicide.
Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in one of the best-selling over-the-counter medicines in the U.S., Tylenol. (In many other countries its called paracetamol, and is part of the brand medicine Panadol.) It is also frequently combined with other drugs in many over-the-counter and prescription medications.
Taken correctly, acetaminophen safely reduces pain from headaches, body aches, muscle aches and menstrual cramps, and helps bring down fever. But if a patient takes two or more medicines containing acetaminophen (including over-the-counter medicines) its possible to get a dangerous amount by mistake. Too much acetaminophen can lead to liver failure and even death.
https://news.aetna.com/2016/03/common-dangerous-acetaminophen-overdose/
Every year, overdoses of medicines containing acetaminophen send more than 78,000 people to emergency rooms. One third of those emergencies happened by accident, according to a Consumer Products Safety Commission study. An estimated 150 people die each year from accidental acetaminophen overdoses, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats more than the number who die from intentional overdoses of acetaminophen to commit suicide.
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Committing suicide with Tylenol is a thankless task. Watched a man who downed hundreds and a six of beer die, back in 76. Trashes the liver, a long nasty way to die.
These days intentional overdoes are treated with a medication discovered to block the liver killing properties of a Tylenol OD. So that is why more accidentals die. They are already in failure when identified.