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    What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?

    Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less

    The Morning After Pill: Not For Traditional Hangovers
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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    They're not talking about banning Tylenol, but they are talking about lowering the dosage of OTC stuff by nearly half; what's now available as regular Extra Strength Tylenol would soon just be available by prescription.


    This sucks ass. Ibuprofen doesn't work at all for a lot of people, and aspirin isn't usable after surgeries/injuries because it increases bleeding.


    No clever jokes in this post, just ejaculations of pure annoyance. Ugh.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    Hopefully, they won't ban Percodan or Vicoprofen, or any of the other variations that are mixed with aspirin or advil.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    Mark my words, mariani wine is coming back this century.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    Percocet is the only known way to enjoy the movie "Meet the Fockers". I should know.
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    Image of booge booge
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    Shows like House are glamorizing pills to our nation's brainwashed masses. We need more primetime television like Cheers and The Drew Carey Show, emphasizing that you can have a good time without abusing prescription opioid narcotics!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/01/09

    @booge: Yes, both those shows you point out only emphasized the joy of drinking large amounts of beer, and that NEVER causes liver damage.


    And really, after all the episodes where he sometimes detoxs, or had to cath himself, can you honestly say it "glamorizes" it?

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    Image of Jason Williams Jason Williams
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    Uh no they didn't. An advisory panel recommended a ban. Jesus, doesn't anyone know how to read or fact check anymore?
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    07/01/09

    @Jason Williams: That's true...technically they're still on the market, but when the advisory panel rules on something, the FDA almost always enforces it.
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    Image of DontMakeMe DontMakeMe
    07/01/09

    @Jason Williams:

    Relax people. This action is all about the acetaminophen (Tylenol), not the narcotic ingredients.


    If they go through with the recommendation, the only effect will be to remove the acetaminophen from Vicodin and Percocet; the synthetic codeines will be the only ingredient.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    07/01/09

    @DontMakeMe: Actually, I'm pretty sure they will still keep putting in their 'special sauce' so they have some obtuse branding identity. What that will be, we dan't know yet.
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    Image of ellagood ellagood
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    uh oh. there my liver-i goes.
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    Image of Helennellieforsythe Helennellieforsythe
    07/01/09

    In reply to What, Are We Supposed to Get By With Tylenol Now?
    This doesn't apply in Canada, right? The FDA has no juristiction? So I can still have it?


    Oddly enough, up here they're trying to regulate tylenol. Which I'm fine with, but don't fuck with the good stuff.

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    Image of Robert Synnott Robert Synnott
    07/01/09

    @Helennellieforsythe: Oh, weird, why? It's just paracetamol, isn't it?
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    Image of Helennellieforsythe Helennellieforsythe
    07/01/09

    @Robert Synnott: apparently it causes liver failure? [www.google.com] Also, the FDA was there too, so I'm expecting a war on tylenol in the near future.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    07/01/09

    @Helennellieforsythe: Tylenol is especially toxic to liver after a night of drinking. My friend's alcoholic sister in law died from taking tylenol after a bender.


    I think it should be banned because Tylenol doesn't work.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    07/01/09

    @momof3wildkids: Ummm.. yeah, acetaminophen DOES work. It's just that it's a risky drug. It is an antipyretic, (still the most opular one for kids), and an analgesic (still the preferred one in uncomplicated osteoarthritis), but it's downside, is that it has a narrow therapeutic index (the difference between effective dose and toxic dose). Banning it would definitely decrease the number of OD deaths I would have to deal with every year. Because people are buffoons, and won't read about what the stuff can do to you, and some folks with psych illnesses KNOW how bad it is, and use it to hurt themselves on purpose. But it still is useful to people who pay attention to its limitations.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    Metal belongs on the OUTSIDE of my body, thankyewverymuch.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    At least each of those 340 people now have a defense to an accusation that he or she dealt it.
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    Image of restless restless
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    Holy crap! I can't use Benedryl for minor seasonal allergies because of sports, so I tried using the Zicam for allergies swabs. Back to the wackness that is the Benedryl. Oh, well. Sounded too good to be true.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    06/17/09

    @restless: Dude, try yourself some Claritin or Zyrtec. Or get a prescription for a mild nasal steroid (like fluticasone propionate). Works for me and steroids can't rob you of your sense of smell.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    Another Zicam side effect: "Horrific, almost unbearable burning."
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    WHAT???! WHAAAAAT?! I swabbed my ears with a QTip this morning and can't hear a thang.
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    06/17/09

    @scroll_lock: And by swabbed you mean you poked the thing in until, finally, the blood came and the voice telling you to cut up Richard Simmons bad went quiet?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    06/17/09

    @scroll_lock: "You have to stop the Q-tip when it meets resistance!"
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    06/17/09

    @Private Hangnail: I knew when brain matter was extracted it was a bad sign. I'm running off now to get fitted with an old-school ear trumpet.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    06/17/09

    @DahlELama: QTips love it when your cochlea plays hard to get.
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    06/17/09

    @Private Hangnail: And I'll get to Richard Simmons once I'm finished with Messrs. Siegfried and Roy.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    That happened to my dog when he took Zicam.


    (OK, now you're supposed to say, "How does he smell?")

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    Image of blix blix
    06/17/09

    In reply to Cold Medicine May Render You Scents-less
    "My dog opened the medicine cabinet and got into some ZiCam".
    "How does he smell"?
    "Terrible"!
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