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AS I UNDERSTAND IT,THE ACETOMETIPHHEN CAN REALLY MESS UP YOUR LIVER.YOUR DR. SHOULD BE DOING A LIVER FUNCTION TEST ABOUT EVERY 3 MONTHS.IT'S VERY EASY, AND REQUIRES A VERY SMALL BLOOD DRAW...........HOPE THIS HELPS..............DOUGIE    DISCOVER44@WOWWAY.COM

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Your Liver, If you are concerned about your liver and are prescribed Pain medicine coupled with acetaminophen (Tylenol) which is almost all of them, (pretty good racket Tylenol mfg.s have going there) It is good to request your doctor to write for the drug with the lowest available mg.s of acetaminophen (Tylenol).
example: 10mg hydrocodone/325 mg acetaminophen.
if you break that in half you will have a 5mg/163mg dose, compared to a
5mg/500mg or 5mg/650mg dose
If you take several doses a day that is important even with a healthy liver, I have seen too many Dr.s ignore this simple fact even for people with a known liver condition.
It seems like they would have have the medicine available with NO acetaminophen (Tylenol) even if the "studies show better pain relief when coupled together with acetaminophen (Tylenol).

  There is also a substance called "NAC" short for "N-Acetyl Cysteine" available in health food stores that is supposed to conteract the effects of acetaminophen (Tylenol) on your liver and to help flush it out of your system, they mix it in with medicines in Europe and is what I understand they give in the ER in the event of a acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose. "I Am Not A Doctor" but maybe asking your's about this may bring an interesting response.
take care

Last edited by danelope (2007-03-19 13:14:22)