"Giusi" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Interesting, in the article the mother said she didn't know that
>> over-the-
>> counter medications could be dangerous. I guess a lot of people think
>> that way, I know I was surprised at how toxic Tylenol type pain killers
>> are. You just know people pop those without a second thought to
>> reading the dosage.

> Or taking beer or wine with them, although the case in which a man's liver
> was destroyed by doing so was well-publicized years back, and I think it's
> in the print on the packet now.

Absolutely, and who reads that fine print? Not me. Also, and I
know how this sounds, but I don't think I've ever noticed medication
use instructions that didn't say Don't take with alcohol. Sometimes
they mean it more than others. You get the idea they just put it on there
to cover their ass, after a while.

I saw some alarming statistic of what percentage of people on the
liver transplant list are there because of misuse of Tylenol. I don't
think that danger is played up enough, they don't even mention it
in those ads that warn you to read the label.

nancy