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>Pray tell, what is the difference between tylenol and explicitly non-opioid Rx tylenol, aside from the dose of acetaminophen per pill? After some emergency de
by drspacemonkey 8y ago
>Pray tell, what is the difference between tylenol and explicitly non-opioid Rx tylenol, aside from the dose of acetaminophen per pill?
After some emergency dental work last week, I was given Rx Tylenol. It has a low dose of codeine, which is an opiate.
- loeg 8y agoOk, so the statement this was all in reply to: > None of my pharmacist friends will even fill an opioid anymore until the patient has filled and tried using a Rx Tylenol first. Is an oxymoron? (Opioids are a superset of opiates, for what it's worth.)
- will_brown 8y agoWell what you are referencing now is typically called Tylenol 3 which has codine (an opioid/narcotic) but it doesn't have the same abuse rates as oxycodone, for example. They usually don’t start with Tylenol 3 either though. There are scales to this stuff, like you wouldn’t lump heroin or morphine (both opiates) with Tylenol with codine (then again...maybe you might), but that’s the point you said you didn’t want to have a highly trained pharmacist fill your Tylenol, but based on all the questions you have, that is probably the most appropriate course of action. Then you can get a handle on the risks of these therapies, the difference and allow that to inform your decisions.