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The distance between its effective dose and fatal dose is much smaller than most if not all other otc drugs and certainly much smaller than you want in a ubiqui
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
The distance between its effective dose and fatal dose is much smaller than most if not all other otc drugs and certainly much smaller than you want in a ubiquitous medicine.
- ubermonkey 4y agoThat is a completely bananas thing to say not even remotely supported by the data. The LD50 for acetaminophen is something like 380 mg per kilogram. Extra-strength Tylenol is a 500mg pill; dosage guidelines are no more than 6 pills in 24 hours, which is 3,000 mg. For a 150 pound person, the LD50 would be 57,000 mg.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoYeah I shouldn't have said fatal dose I meant "acute liver damage" dose.
- Avshalom 4y ago25.5g. although another way of think of it is 13 tylenol arthritis pills is the ld50 for a kindergartner and in the US they come in a bottle not a blisterpack.
- ac29 4y ago> Extra-strength Tylenol is a 500mg pill; dosage guidelines are no more than 6 pills in 24 hours, which is 3,000 mg. Its a 500mg pill, but 2 pills (1000mg) is the recommend dose. So, only 3 doses per 24 hours.