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Acetaminophen toxicity
"Steve Pope" > wrote in message ... > Several months ago, in a thread that had wandered away > from discussing food, I mentioned that I favored banning > acetaminophen from the market due to its high toxicity and > low therapeutic index relative to other pain medicines. > > It appears that, unusually in my experience, public policy in the > U.S. is actually moving in a direction that I had hoped. I have to say, I took acetaminophen for the first time early this month and got instant relief from a crushing headache. It also gave me the sweats, which I guess meant I had a fever. I read about the warnings later. |
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Acetaminophen toxicity
On Jul 1, 3:29*pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message > > ... > > > Several months ago, in a thread that had wandered away > > from discussing food, I mentioned that I favored banning > > acetaminophen from the market due to its high toxicity and > > low therapeutic index relative to other pain medicines. > > > It appears that, unusually in my experience, public policy in the > > U.S. *is actually moving in a direction that I had hoped. > > I have to say, I took acetaminophen for the first time early this month and > got instant relief from a crushing headache. It also gave me the sweats, > which I guess meant I had a fever. I read about the warnings later. Very likely you also had a fever, and the sweats was the fever breaking. --Bryan |
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Acetaminophen toxicity
"cybercat" > wrote in message ... > > "Steve Pope" > wrote in message > ... >> Several months ago, in a thread that had wandered away >> from discussing food, I mentioned that I favored banning >> acetaminophen from the market due to its high toxicity and >> low therapeutic index relative to other pain medicines. >> >> It appears that, unusually in my experience, public policy in the >> U.S. is actually moving in a direction that I had hoped. > > I have to say, I took acetaminophen for the first time early this month > and got instant relief from a crushing headache. It also gave me the > sweats, which I guess meant I had a fever. I read about the warnings > later. The sweats are just the anti-pyretic effect of the drug. |
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Acetaminophen toxicity
"graham" > wrote in message ... > > "cybercat" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Several months ago, in a thread that had wandered away >>> from discussing food, I mentioned that I favored banning >>> acetaminophen from the market due to its high toxicity and >>> low therapeutic index relative to other pain medicines. >>> >>> It appears that, unusually in my experience, public policy in the >>> U.S. is actually moving in a direction that I had hoped. >> >> I have to say, I took acetaminophen for the first time early this month >> and got instant relief from a crushing headache. It also gave me the >> sweats, which I guess meant I had a fever. I read about the warnings >> later. > > The sweats are just the anti-pyretic effect of the drug. > Right. It broke my fever. The literature states that the drug does not affect the temperature of a body that does not have a fever. |
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