Uh oh.
We’ve known for a long time that tylenol can be problematic and ibuprofen can be even worse but this is really bad news. I take a lot of pain reliever.
OK maybe it isn’t bad news for “long time, daily users”. Wait, am I a long time daily user? If I take 4 a day, everyday, is that bad? Is it better to take a couple of aspirin in the morning and then a couple of tylenol in the evening and then switch it up the next day with a couple of advil in the morning and then aspirin in the evening? Rotate my pain relievers? Would that be a better idea?
Oh heck, what difference does it make? My knee hurts, I’m taking a pain reliever – liver problems or no liver problems.
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I take a lot of Tylenol. Sometimes it doesn’t seem to do a thing and I’m not sure why I bother, but when you have chronic tummy troubles, Tylenol is pretty much the only thing you can take when you’re in pain. I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on the new Tylenol/opiate combo!
I don’t know that Tylenol (or advil or aspirin) work either. Sometimes it seems like they do, other times not so much and I don’t know why I take anything. Well yea I do, ’cause it hurts like a son of a and I have to do something or go insane.
I’m sure the opiates don’t work, you don’t want that.
I saw the report yesterday and yup, was discouraged. I took lots of Tylenol every day for years (a really GOOD day was 6 extra strength) in an attempt to control the FM pain. I tapered off it a couple of years ago and now use only one or two, if that, each day, and try to control my pain without meds. But I remain concerned about what kind of damage I did to myself all those years.
I also rarely drank alcohol so as not to worsen any damage.