Safe Acetaminophen Use

Acetaminophen, the pain- and fever-reducing drug in Tylenol®, is also used in a growing number of prescription and over-the-counter medications such as Vicodin® and Robitussin®. In this Children's Channel video podcast, Michael Reed, PharmD, FCCP, FCP, director of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Akron Children's Hospital, discusses the steps individuals can take to ensure the appropriate use of this traditionally safe and effective drug.

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[Allibaby78]

Treatment of acetaminophen poisoning is guided by the post-ingestion plasma level. This reaches a peak at four hours and measurements before this are of little benefit.

The level recorded should be plotted on a treatment nomogram. Levels requiring antidote include

200 mcg per ml at 4 hours

70 mcg per ml at 10 hours and

50 mcg per ml at 12 hours.

Treatment thresholds should be halved in patients who are alcoholic or who are taking anti-convulsants.

[JOHNNYSschool]

the drug is only good to break a high temp. Besides that god already made all the pain killers we need the 2 strongest are opium and weed wich unlike tylenol have never been proven to kill any one= Tylenol killes over 400 people every year in the USA alone probley 10thoulsand around the world

[spinemelter2000]

Effective my foot. Acetaminophen doesn't do anything for me when I take it alone. I always need diphenhydramine or caffeine. Sometimes Excedrin hurts my stomach, so I'll take Tylenol with Vivarin, which isn't a guaranteed pain reliever, but it's better than just plain Tylenol for reducing the tension headaches I have every day.

What are the alternative drugs to acetaminophen mentioned at the end of the video?

[drmdk]

Excellent Video

DrMDK