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Correct. There are times when you do want the anti-inflammatory properties of acetaminophen. Using only opioids for inflammatory pain, or muscle aches requires

Correct. There are times when you do want the anti-inflammatory properties of acetaminophen. Using only opioids for inflammatory pain, or muscle aches requires a higher dosage than if it was mixed with acetaminophen. I usually take muscle relaxants (Soma) with Naproxen for back pain, and avoid the opioid pain meds or acetaminophen.

cmccabe 14y ago
Acetaminophen is not an anti-inflammatory. Just a painkiller.
- neurotech1 14y ago
  My point is that acetaminophen adds to the effect of pain-killers like Vicodin, compared to a 5mg hydrocodone or oxycodone dosage.
  - cmccabe 14y ago
    It's kind of crazy that acetaminophen gets added to so many drug cocktails prescribed by doctors. When your liver is already handling a bunch of other stuff, do you really want to throw one of those most liver-toxic medications out there on top? Even if your doctor knows all the drug interactions, he doesn't know the other stuff you're consuming like alcohol, grapefruit juice, over-the-counter painkillers, and so forth. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1158671/How-healthy-fruit-juice-liver-failure-worse.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1158671/How-health... Apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way. According to wikipedia: On June 30, 2009, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted by a narrow margin to advise the FDA to remove Vicodin and another painkiller, Percocet, from the market because of "a high likelihood of overdose from prescription narcotics and acetaminophen products". The panel cited concerns of liver damage from their acetaminophen component, which is also the main ingredient in commonly-used nonprescription drugs such as Tylenol.[8] Each year, acetaminophen overdose is linked to about 400 deaths and 42,000 hospitalizations.

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Correct. There are times when you do want the anti-inflammatory properties of acetaminophen. Using only opioids for inflammatory pain, or muscle aches requires

by neurotech1 14y ago

cmccabe 14y ago
Acetaminophen is not an anti-inflammatory. Just a painkiller.
- neurotech1 14y ago
  My point is that acetaminophen adds to the effect of pain-killers like Vicodin, compared to a 5mg hydrocodone or oxycodone dosage.
  - cmccabe 14y ago
    It's kind of crazy that acetaminophen gets added to so many drug cocktails prescribed by doctors. When your liver is already handling a bunch of other stuff, do you really want to throw one of those most liver-toxic medications out there on top? Even if your doctor knows all the drug interactions, he doesn't know the other stuff you're consuming like alcohol, grapefruit juice, over-the-counter painkillers, and so forth. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1158671/How-healthy-fruit-juice-liver-failure-worse.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1158671/How-health... Apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way. According to wikipedia: On June 30, 2009, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted by a narrow margin to advise the FDA to remove Vicodin and another painkiller, Percocet, from the market because of "a high likelihood of overdose from prescription narcotics and acetaminophen products". The panel cited concerns of liver damage from their acetaminophen component, which is also the main ingredient in commonly-used nonprescription drugs such as Tylenol.[8] Each year, acetaminophen overdose is linked to about 400 deaths and 42,000 hospitalizations.