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Wine drinking dangerous ???? :-(
Thanks! Makes sense.
DAve
Mike McGeough wrote:
> Dave Allison wrote:
> Dave,
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> First, let me say that I am a physician. Second, let me say that it
> would be irresponsible and unwise for me to say that it is or isn't OK
> to use acetominaphen or ibuprofen products occasionally in conjunction
> with alcohol. There are too many variables, and besides, words said in
> cyberspace live forever. 
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> My personal policy is this: I never use acetominaphen or ibuprofen for
> any reason, as the effects on the liver are quite real, and I can't
> justify it for routine problems. In the rare times when I do want a
> something for body aches after overdoing it, I use aspirin, good ol'
> acetyl salycilic acid. My feeling is that I'd rather irritate my stomach
> lining a bit, which will heal, than start doing cumulative, irreversible
> damage to my liver. And yes, alcohol aggravates both sets of side effects.
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> I figure that a certain level of liver damage is tolerable, and I prefer
> to get mine from the moderate use of red wine.
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> Your mileage, of course, may vary.
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