How many pills is an overdose?

[HK]

So I normally take ibuprofen and paracetamol together, two of each, which is the recommended dose on the packet.


How many would become an issue, do you reckon?


Taking say, three pills instead of two doesn't seem like it'd kill you. Or four. Five is starting to get a bit worrying. Six is possibly an issue. Anything from seven onwards is just toying with fate, surely.

 

[dancingpotato]

Paracetamol can cause liver issues so I'd take the recommended of both and wait for the 4 and 6 hours to be up before taking more.

 

[fuel1316]

i believe O-D'ing is more an individual deal... for some its 10 others its less.. some its more...

i took 8 tylenol PM once... have you ever had that many tylenol PM and stayed up? you start seeing things..

but im sure for other people 8 wouldnt have phased them... *shrug*

 

[Staci]

that is a question where the answer varies from person to person....

 

[Tim]

I guess technically speaking anything over the recommended dose is an "over-dose" but I'm guessing that's not what you are asking...

If you are asking what the safe dose over a recommended dose is, then i guess that would depend on the specific drug.

 

[Zorak]

I think you're only supposed to take 2 + 1 of ibuprofen/paracetamol. (any combination)

 

[dancingpotato]

You can take 2 brufen with 2 paracetamol. Paracetamol you can take 4 hourly, brufen you can take 6 hourly.

 

[Zorak]

I'm sure you're right.

The hospital always gave me 2+1. For what good they did.

 

[Dana]

I used to pop 4 aspirin when I was bigger the day after drinking...

 

[dancingpotato]

They were possibly stronger strength brufen, I got 1 tab 6hrly when I was prescribed by my GP but they were 400mg instead of 200mg you buy over the counter.

 

[Francis]

As said by others, recommended dose is there for a reason and many can tolerate what others can't.. Here are links on don't of each..

Paracetamol ( Acetaminophen in North America )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol_toxicity

Intercation with Paracetamol
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Painkillers-paracetamol/Pages/Interactions---other-medicines.aspx

Ibeprofen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibuprofen#Overdose

Interaction with Ibeprofen
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Painkillers-ibuprofen/Pages/Interactions---other-medicines.aspx

 

[AstriaPorta]

Not much to add what everyone already said

mostly depand on what you taking ..and i guess different people will affect them different. just take the normal to be more safe.

 

[HK]

I think the safe dose is starting to work, so I might not need to test this if I'm still in pain in a half hour though then fuck it.

 

[dancingpotato]

The more you take, doesn't mean it is going to work. I took the same painkillers for a few days and couldnt shake my headache. I then took some asprin on day 5 and had a good sleep and it went.

 

[Darrell]

Be advised that taking too much Motrin can cause liver damage.

 

[HK]

The more you take, doesn't mean it is going to work. I took the same painkillers for a few days and couldnt shake my headache. I then took some asprin on day 5 and had a good sleep and it went.

This is true, I have a couple of packs of co-codamol that I save for really bad times, just because I'm not used to them so they seem to work better.

 

[dancingpotato]

I take co-codomol for a bad migrane, usually before I go to sleep.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

Don't mess with the meds.

I used anti-inflammatories quite heavily in my sporting days, they were great for backaches and twisted joints, but I tended to go large with the dosage and as a result I have permanent stomach damage.

 

[Tim]

not to mention the damage to your liver

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

I'm surprised that I still have a liver!