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"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 acu
by storus 1y ago
"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.
- etchalon 1y agoThe safe dose size for kids is well-known and well-studied.
- storus 1y ago[flagged]
- boplicity 1y agoIt is literally printed on every bottle. "Regular rural folks" are not idiots.
- tartuffe78 1y agoIt’s on the bottles
- saulpw 1y agoIt's sold as a different product with different dosage.
- Jtsummers 1y ago> 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.
- etchalon 1y agoNo 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.
- bloomingeek 1y agoWhat percentage of regular rural folks can read the label on the bottle?!? Just how dumb do you think these folks are?
- boplicity 1y agoLets stay within reality here: https://www.tylenol.com/safety-dosing/dosage-for-children-infants https://www.tylenol.com/safety-dosing/dosage-for-children-in...
- mcphage 1y ago> 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.
- karthikb 1y agoThat's why dosing is by weight and for children is a liquid, so the dose can be adjusted easily.
- seeEllArr 1y ago[dead]
- sjsdaiuasgdia 1y agohttps://www.stlouischildrens.org/health-resources/dosage-tables/acetaminophen-tylenol-dosage-table 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.
- SquareWheel 1y agoA children's dose of Tylenol is 160mg. The regular strength is is 325mg. The extra strength is 500mg.
- prl315 1y agoThe 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.
- croes 1y agoBy 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
- rsynnott 1y agoParacetamol/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-and-when-to-give-your-child-paracetamol/ 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.