Re:Use Only as Directed
by KaiserPro on Monday September 23, 2013 @10:16AM
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you can take acetaminophen 1gram ever 4 hours. So long as you don't do it for any length of time(1 week+), thats the issue. (Assuming your liver isn't comprised. )
your issue is that you had an opiod mixed in. That is where the "huge risk" is. Both opiates (especially ones like codine that require the liver to work) and acetaminophen (paracetamol) hammer you liver, which is fine so long as you don't take the piss.
Co-codolmol (the UK equivalent of vicodin ) is still available over the counter with a 8/500mg is available without prescription here in the UK.
update
Reading the article its very hard to see what point they are trying to make. The evidence they offer to suggest that its unsafe is vague. Prolonged exposure is bad, and almost doubling the dose is doubly bad.
The basic rule of thumb here for any medicine is this: READ THE LEAFLET. DON'T MIX AND MATCH. TALK TO A DOCTOR.
Most medicine is toxic, and if you double the amount you take bad shit happens. If you OD on codine you stop breathing, why is it a surprise that if you OD
If you keep to the NHS guidelines you'll be fine (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Painkillers-paracetamol/Pages/I...)
your issue is that you had an opiod mixed in. That is where the "huge risk" is. Both opiates (especially ones like codine that require the liver to work) and acetaminophen (paracetamol) hammer you liver, which is fine so long as you don't take the piss.
Co-codolmol (the UK equivalent of vicodin ) is still available over the counter with a 8/500mg is available without prescription here in the UK.
update
Reading the article its very hard to see what point they are trying to make. The evidence they offer to suggest that its unsafe is vague. Prolonged exposure is bad, and almost doubling the dose is doubly bad.
The basic rule of thumb here for any medicine is this: READ THE LEAFLET. DON'T MIX AND MATCH. TALK TO A DOCTOR.
Most medicine is toxic, and if you double the amount you take bad shit happens. If you OD on codine you stop breathing, why is it a surprise that if you OD