On Jun 12, 1:48 pm, "kilikini" > wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Nancy, you are absolutely correct. And I'm the type of person of whom
> you're referring to. My liver damage isn't all due to my iron disorder
> calledhemochromatosis. When I told the doctors that from about age 8 on, I
> was prescribed 1800 mg of Ibuprofin every 4 hours during my periods because
> I had such bad cramps, their eyes lit up in horror. I didn't know at the
> time that between the pain relievers and the food I was eating (dark green
> veggies, chicken and beef), I was killing myself. I finally stopped taking
> that many pain pills only about 10 years ago. That's about 28 years of
> abuse on food and pills alone.
>
> Tylenol, Ibuprofin, Aleve - most pain relievers are *terrible* for your
> liver. I can only take aspirin now. When I was in the hospital, it was very
> difficult for them to give me anything for the pain that didn't affect liver
> function, so I had to have dilaudil. I've also worked with chemicals, in
> the past, and didn't use gloves. Bleach, cleansers, paint thinners, various
> toxic solubles, laminates....all those get absorbed into your skin and go
> directly to your liver. Add a few years of some hard core drinking in there
> and you have a recipe for disaster. I am currently that disaster. I've
> been given less than 5 years to live if I don't get a transplant and I'm not
> even 40 yet.
>
> What bothers me about the warning labels is that they don't tell you WHY you
> shouldn't mix product A with product B. Okay, here's a prime example. I
> wear hard contacts and my eyes get dry sometimes. I go for the Visine. The
> label on the Visine container specifically says "Do not use if you wear
> contacts." Why? So I say screw it and use it anyway. Am I going to go
> blind, now, too?
>
> A little education goes a long way and I think the general public ignores
> it. I know *I* did. I'm much more careful now and I take herbal
> supplements that help to regenerate damaged liver functions. I've changed
> my diet, I only use aspirin for pain, and I use natural "chemicals" for
> cleaning. I'm hoping these lifestyle changes will buy me a couple more
> years.
>
> Okay, that's the end of my rant. Now move along. :~)
>
> kili
Hemochromatosis and Phlebotomy - Blog is still live
Hi
Just to let you know that our blog is still open for a few days. The
discussion has changed in the last few days so we would like to take
this opportunity to invite you again to a research blog (again) on
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