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[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

how the fuck did they find a donor so fast???

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 25 minutes ago
[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think what's extra dangerous about Tylenol is that it doesnt feel like it's doing anything. When it works, some minor pain goes away, or maybe your fever goes down. But there's no side effects that you really feel, so I bet people get a false sense of security with it. Like, oh it isn't giving me opioid euphoria, or knocking me out. And you can just buy as much as you want, no restrictions. It must be perfectly safe.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 minutes ago

Nothing is perfectly safe. You can kill yourself with water poisoning, and that's pumped directly into your house.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

My brother in Christ, the paracetamol box LITERALLY says to never go more than 4 grams (4000 mg) in a 24hs period on any mg pills presentation

And as far as I see, that's a general rule with everything. Even those caramels for sore throat or reflux pills, where you'd need to eat thousands in a day to overdose, say the same

Don't fuck with medicine dudes

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

You're assuming he can read.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 19 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

Is this real? Who gets a liver donor in 4 days?

[–] Rainbowblite@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 hours ago

The liver damage is very believable but a liver transplant after 4 days is absurd.

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[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I try and avoid painkillers whenever possible for two reasons:

  1. They're crazy addictive
  2. They build tolerance, and when it comes time where taking them is unavoidable, I want them to work as well as possible.
[–] gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Neither of these are true for acetaminophen/paracetamol though?

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not that I would know, but don't all medications build up tolerance?

Like, I was under the impression that medicinal benefits are like a side-effect to what the body might otherwise consider a foreign pathogen. Does acetaminophen not trigger any immune response?

[–] gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 hours ago

With some exceptions for medications that use the immune system to target therapy (such as monoclonal antibodies) or drugs that target the immune system specifically, there is no immune response to most medications.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You can build a tolerance to both of those things, but their painkilling effectiveness is just not as strong as opiates.

[–] gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Both of those are the same thing, and any chance of developing tolerance is very low.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

Sorry, I was very tired - however, having taken ibuprofen for years - 2 pills will not give me the same pain relief as it did 10 years ago. I have to up it to 3, or 4. I'm not sure if this is tolerance or an increase in inflammation resulting in a need for a higher dose (hoping not).

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

You wont build a tolerance unless you're using it constantly. A few days for a pain a few times a year is meaningless for tolerance. As long as you RTFM, the hospital dose will always exceed your tolerance.

This doesn't apply to opioids but I'd argue people make too big a deal about those as well, just don't do them outside a prescription nor recreationally. You're probably more addicted to taking a shit every now and then unless your life is already in the drain.

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (8 children)

My daughter's dog that is a climber got on a shelf and knocked a basket off that had a large bottle of Tylenol in it. She chewed the bottle up.

I got home and saw some pills and a demolished bottle on the ground. Vet tech friend said to induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide.

Didn't have any of that, but I did have some minty mouthwash with peroxide and no xylitol in it. Dog willingly drank it, puked with foam, drank a bit more, puked more foam, then I dug through the mess.

No pills or any sign of the color on the pills. She's still kicking.

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[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like American healthcare to me.

You either cope, and probably cause irreparable hard to yourself, or you go to the clinic or ER and get labeled a drug seeker.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Americans don't call it paracematol, they call it acetaminophen or just tylenol. This is from the UK.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Oh, shit! Guy OD'd on acetaminophen? Yeah, that is scary. My wife had a friend that attempted a self KO with Tylenol for some reason. What a horrible way to go. She is so lucky she didn't need a transplant.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

In LATAM the 3 are well known names for the same active medicines

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

fun fact, when you mix sinus medicines your blood can test positive for methamphetamine.

I know this because I am now on a list of meth addicts at every networked hospital after an er visit while treating a sinus infection.

they took four blood tests and "confirmed" I was high on meth and refused to treat why I was there in the first place because to them, I was high as shit. even though I was literally directing people around blood on the floor and calling for housekeeping to come clean up the blood on the floor because the nurse refused to do her fucking job.

I asked to be removed from the list as well as have the false test results removed from my history and was told that's impossible.

doesn't technology make things so much better? Now the best pain meds I'll ever get at a hospital will be extra strength Tylenol. you know, that shit I have at home they charge me $400 a pill for.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 46 minutes ago

Pseudoephedrine is the main ingredient in meth, that's why they changed all the OTC sinus stuff to phenylephrine years ago, and why the OTC stuff doesn't work worth a damn anymore.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Just tell them you believe a billionaires earn their money, climate change is a hoax to sell books, and the solution to mass shootings is to sell more guns to more people.

You know, express the nonsensical opinions only a well deluded American is propagandized from birth to express with a straight face when they should be embarrassed at their belligerent ignorance.

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