How many pills is an overdose?

[Panacea]

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.

This will be my legacy as well...I've taken enough Advil in my life to kill an elephant. I get headaches a lot. Really no medicine works for them so I might as well stop trying to ease the pain given the side effects.

 

[Mercury]

Anything with acetaminophen in it is potentially dangerous to the liver. They say only to take up to 2000mg per day of acetaminophen. Not sure about any other drug though ...

 

[Tim]

And NEVER combine drinking and acetaminophen. If you have a head-ache from a hang-over, don't take acetaminophen, it's a sure fire way to fry your liver

 

[HK]

And NEVER combine drinking and acetaminophen. If you have a head-ache from a hang-over, don't take acetaminophen, it's a sure fire way to fry your liver

Oh hell, I rarely drink anyway, let alone when I'm feeling bad enough to take painkillers

 

[Francis]

I remember our son having a fever and my ex sending me to the Chemist ( Pharmacy for us in North America )..

I asked for Tylenol for infants and he looked at me like I was from space.. I tried to explain but got no where..

Finally a woman walked in and said, "Oh You're from America", he wants Paracetamol for infants.. :willy_nilly:

 

[Tim]

Oh hell, I rarely drink anyway, let alone when I'm feeling bad enough to take painkillers

Rarely drink? What a shame


Don't worry, I just checked and you can mix [FONT=arial, sans-serif]Acetaminophen and [/FONT]Rohypnol... so we're good

 

[skyblue]

why are you taking them?

 

[Natasha]

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

Just had a similar conversation at work the other night. We were talking about people who attempt suicide by taking an excess of aspirin. Everybody always jokes that people who do that aren't serious. Maybe so...but only b/c they don't know that, in the right amount, it can certainly work. Definitely not the way to plan a suicide unless you're looking for something slow and painful.

 

[skyblue]

Just had a similar conversation at work the other night. We were talking about people who attempt suicide by taking an excess of aspirin. Everybody always jokes that people who do that aren't serious. Maybe so...but only b/c they don't know that, in the right amount, it can certainly work. Definitely not the way to plan a suicide unless you're looking for something slow and painful.

i worked with someone some years back who did just that,a load of aspirin and half a bottle of whisky....gone

 

[AnitaBeer]

I've never taken acetaminophen and ibuprofen together I always space them out... I take acetaminophen 4 hours after ibuprofen. I space them out so it works properly and I have the pain relief almost continuously.
I take 6 ibuprofen when I actually take it and I'll typically take 3 acetaminophen at a time. But I rarely do that, I typically just take 3 Naproxen and it works great.

 

[AnitaBeer]

Just had a similar conversation at work the other night. We were talking about people who attempt suicide by taking an excess of aspirin. Everybody always jokes that people who do that aren't serious. Maybe so...but only b/c they don't know that, in the right amount, it can certainly work. Definitely not the way to plan a suicide unless you're looking for something slow and painful.

Aspirin can be deadly to me, thank goodness I'm not suicidal lol.

 

[Natasha]

Aspirin can be deadly to me, thank goodness I'm not suicidal lol.

Someone said the other day "well, who actually has access to 100 aspirin???" I was like "uhh, anybody that goes to Wal-mart and has the $5 to put out for a bottle???"

I've had frequent headaches since I was in elementary school. The only thing that works for me is Naproxen. I carry a 250 count bottle of Aleve in my purse at all times. :dunno

 

[AnitaBeer]

Someone said the other day "well, who actually has access to 100 aspirin???" I was like "uhh, anybody that goes to Wal-mart and has the $5 to put out for a bottle???"

I've had frequent headaches since I was in elementary school. The only thing that works for me is Naproxen. I carry a 250 count bottle of Aleve in my purse at all times. :dunno

I'm allergic to Aspirin that's why I said that lol. But yea anyone can definitely get their hands on a huge bottle!
Naproxen works so much better for cramps and headaches so that's why I take that. Plus I like not having to take so many pills at once.

 

[Natasha]

I'm allergic to Aspirin that's why I said that lol. But yea anyone can definitely get their hands on a huge bottle!
Naproxen works so much better for cramps and headaches so that's why I take that. Plus I like not having to take so many pills at once.

We have a 500 count bottle of Aspirin in the house right now, LOL I don't use it b/c it doesn't work for me...but everybody else does. Naproxen is the only thing that works on my headaches and aches and pains. I have Zomig for my migraines, thankfully, but sometimes I have to take Zomig AND Aleve to get rid of them.