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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by storus on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:01PM (#45362222)
"Tylenol, or acetaminophen, can cause liver damage if taken in excessive amounts, particularly over 4,000 mg in a 24-hour period. It is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, often due to accidental overdoses from multiple medications containing acetaminophen."

Doesn't sound super safe for kids who have small livers given the typical dose is 500mg to be honest.

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by boplicity on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:03PM (#45362251)
Lets stay within reality here: https://www.tylenol.com/safety-dosing/dosage-for-children-in...
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by karthikb on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:05PM (#45362279)
That's why dosing is by weight and for children is a liquid, so the dose can be adjusted easily.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by SquareWheel on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:11PM (#45362384)
A children's dose of Tylenol is 160mg. The regular strength is is 325mg. The extra strength is 500mg.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by etchalon on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:03PM (#45362250)
The safe dose size for kids is well-known and well-studied.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by storus on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:05PM (#45362283)
How many Americans know about those limits though? Imagine regular rural folks that just want to get rid of kid's fever or pain.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by bloomingeek on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:16PM (#45362473)
What percentage of regular rural folks can read the label on the bottle?!? Just how dumb do you think these folks are?
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by Jtsummers on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:08PM (#45362333)
> How many Americans know about those limits though? Imagine regular rural folks

Does "rural" equate to "stupid" and "illiterate" in your mind? It's on the packaging, among other sources of information they have access to.

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by boplicity on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:07PM (#45362307)
It is literally printed on every bottle. "Regular rural folks" are not idiots.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by saulpw on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:07PM (#45362312)
It's sold as a different product with different dosage.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by etchalon on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:13PM (#45362429)
No one knows those off-hand. That's why they print it on the bottle. That's why we have regulations that require dosages to be printed on the bottles.

This is how every medicine works.

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by tartuffe78 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:07PM (#45362311)
It’s on the bottles
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by sjsdaiuasgdia on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:07PM (#45362304)
https://www.stlouischildrens.org/health-resources/dosage-tab...

A typical 500mg adult dosage tablet isn't recommended til the child is > 72lbs.

They make smaller tablets. Smaller tablets can also be cut up. And there's liquid preparations that can be tuned to whatever level is needed.

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by mcphage on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:04PM (#45362271)
> given the typical dose is 500mg to be honest

The dosage in children’s Tylenol is much smaller than that—you don’t get a dosage near that size until kids are around 11.

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by prl315 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:23PM (#45362560)
The typical child's dose of Acetaminophen is 160mg (recommended dosage for 2-3 year olds over 24 lbs). It usually comes with a syringe that can measure out less (160mg is per 5ml), per your doctor's recommendation.
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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by croes on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:37AM (#45371297)
By that logic everything should be banned that could harm kids if they get the dosis for adults.

Or don't give kids things that are meant for adults

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Re:The Poison Pill to End the MMR Is Tylenol by rsynnott on Thursday September 25, 2025 @08:45AM (#45372086)
Paracetamol/acetaminophen is a bit of an oddity in that it is very safe when used as directed, but the dangerous dose is uncomfortably close to the effective dose. However, it remains a very safe painkiller, _provided that it is used correctly_.

The typical dose is not 500mg for small children. For instance see https://www2.hse.ie/medicines/paracetamol-for-children/how-a...

> If your baby is age 2 to 3 months, give them 2.5ml of [a specified] syrup. A 2.5ml dose contains 60mg of paracetamol.

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