Liver failure brought on by acetaminophen overdose has been responsible for over 450 deaths in the United States and with each passing year that number is expected to rise.
Doctors are debating over whether or not acetaminophen is related to liver failure.
Some doctors believe the FDA needs to get more involved and enforce stricter regulation policies for acetaminophen, as a way to cut down on the number of deaths caused by overdose. In addition, doctors explained that in the cases of unintentional overdoses, people aren't usually aware of the dangerous effects of acetaminophen until after they seek care for toxicity reactions and then are already in poor shape. Unintentional overdoses make up nearly half of the cases that develop liver failure, with 30 percent of these cases resulting in death.
On the contrary, other doctors suggested that therapeutic doses of the drug do not put patients' health in jeopardy and stated the majority of the acetaminophen-related injuries and deaths might be the result of intentional overdose.
Doctors in favor of acetaminophen also stated that the cases of unintentional overdoses could in all actuality have been suicide attempts.
In 2002, the FDA considered changing the packaging of acetaminophen to include a warning regarding consumption of excess quantities and the risk of liver damage however never followed through with the recommendation.
Science Blog July 21, 2004
Because some 5 billion over-the-counter medications are sold in the United States annually, you might believe they're safe.
But you'd be wrong!
You can suffer from serious side effects and possibly die unintentionally if you don't take them with the proper care.
I strongly advise you to check out my nutrition plan to learn how to prevent many of the illnesses that drive you to use these drugs in the first place.
Fortunately, with most pain EFT seems to work quite well to resolve most of the pains that one encounters.
A final word of caution--As I have mentioned in previous issues anyone who takes Tylenol or acetaminophen regularly should be on N-acetyl cysteine (NAC). It is the rate-limiting nutrient for the formation of the intracellular antioxidant glutathione. Most experts believe that Tylenol causes its damage by depleting glutathione. If one keeps glutathione levels up the damage from the Tylenol can be prevented. Conventional medicine recognizes this as anyone who overdoses on Tylenol receives large doses of NAC in the emergency room.
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