Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Johnson & Johnson, the maker of tylenol, has introduced tylenol Cool Caplets, a candy-like medicine that offers adult-strength pain medication with a strong, minty taste. This is described as “instant cooling” in advertisements and free samples are being handed out like candy, by skimpy girls wearing revealing outfits who are called the tylenol Cool Caps Girls. It’s all part of a marketing campaign effort by tylenol to make the tylenol brand more hip and cool.
How bizarre is this? |
Andreas Moritz
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 Besides causing cardiovascular problems, tylenol is actually the most common cause of liver failure, not hepatitis C, as you might believe. tylenol 3, which is given to women for postnatal pain, can produce deadly concentrations of morphine in their breast milk. A lawsuit over the death of Toronto newborn Tariq Jamieson, who died as a result of opiate toxicity in his mother's breast milk, is shedding new light on the dangers of prescribing such drugs as tylenol 3 to breastfeeding mothers. Tariq died after 11 days of breastfeeding, according to National Review of Medicine, June 15, 2007. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Taking all tryptophan supplements off the market permanently— which the government did—was akin to permanently banning tylenol in 1982 because seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Extra Strength tylenol that had been laced with potassium cyanide— which the government did not do. I wonder why? It says more about the government's attitude toward supplements than it does about the safety of tryptophan that it acted so unilaterally against this great natural cure, but that's another story. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| By the way, a tylenol spokesperson says, “This is certainly not about making medicines fun, because medicines are serious business. |
| Maybe hip, cool adults will start taking tylenol as breath mints because, if there’s anything worse than having bad breath on a hot date, it’s having a headache after the date. But hey! Why stop at turning painkillers into candy? Why don’t we have the Chocolate Statin Bar, where you can get both a dose of delicious milk chocolate and your favorite cholesterol-lowering Statin drug at the same time.
And what a coincidence: The FDA covers both food and drugs. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Taking all tryptophan supplements off the market permanently— which the government did—was akin to permanently banning tylenol in 1982 because seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Extra Strength tylenol that had been laced with potassium cyanide— which the government did not do. I wonder why? It says more about the government's attitude toward supplements than it does about the safety of tryptophan that it acted so unilaterally against this great natural cure, but that's another story. |
| And stop taking acetaminophen (found in tylenol and other medications). Acetaminophen poisoning is the number-one cause of hospital admissions for liver failure in the United States. Think what people who drink and then take tylenol for a hangover are doing to their poor liver. Though many establishment medical types will tell you acetaminophen is "safe" in reasonable doses, I'm a hardliner on acetaminophen: If you have—or suspect you have—liver problems, the only safe dose of acetaminophen is zero. I rank it right up there with trans fats.
2. Do a periodic detoxification. |
Andreas Moritz
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| A lawsuit over the death of Toronto newborn Tariq Jamieson, who died as a result of opiate toxicity in his mother's breast milk, is shedding new light on the dangers of prescribing such drugs as tylenol 3 to breastfeeding mothers. Tariq died after 11 days of breastfeeding, according to National Review of Medicine, June 15, 2007. He was found to have high blood levels of acetaminophen and a blood concentration of morphine 6 times higher than is considered safe in a neonate. tylenol 3 contains both acetaminophen and codeine (the most widely used narcotic in medical treatment in the world). |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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 Drugs That Interfere with Glutathione
Hydrocodone plus acetaminophen (Hydrogesic,
Acetaminophen (Aspirin Free Anacin, tylenol)
Vicodin)
Acetaminophen plus codeine (Tylenol with
Oxycodone plus acetaminophen (Endocet, codeine)
Oxycocet)
Butalbital plus acetaminophen plus caffeine
Propoxyphene plus acetaminophen (Darvocet-N,
(Esgic, Fioricet)
Wygesic)
INOSITOL
The Whole Story
Inositol, a B vitamin manufactured by the body and (possibly) certain bacteria in the intestines, helps the body handle fats and build cell membranes. |
Bottom Line Health
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| And any drug used more than occasionally should be under a physician's guidance, including tylenol."
. -o Get detailed information about acetamin-— ophen from the US National Library of
Medicine's MedlinePlus Web site at www.med lineplus.gov.
Poison Centers Resolve 80% Of Medication Mistakes
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My aunt recently confessed to me that she and my uncle occasionally have taken each other's medications by mistake. |
| Some OTC products, such as Advil Cold and Sinus Caplets and tylenol Sinus Daytime, contain pseudoephedrine along with other active ingredients.
Dangers: Increased blood pressure.. .rapid heart beat.. .insomnia.
What to do: Avoid caffeinated beverages because they can increase restlessness and insomnia. Do not use pseudoephedrine if you have taken an MAO inhibitor (a type of antidepressant) within the last two weeks—the combination can cause dangerously high blood pressure. |
Andreas Moritz
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| It makes little sense to replace one relatively minor symptom of discomfort with some or all of the following potential consequences of taking Tylenol: nausea, vomiting, constipation, lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness, flushing, vision changes, mental/mood changes, slow/irregular breathing, slow/irregular heartbeat, change in the amount of urine, dark urine, yellowing eyes or skin, stomach pain, extreme fatigue, possibly fatal liver disease and allergic reactions. |
| He was found to have high blood levels of acetaminophen and a blood concentration of morphine 6 times higher than is considered safe in a neonate. tylenol 3 contains both acetaminophen and codeine (the most widely used narcotic in medical treatment in the world). Codeine is metabolized to morphine in the body.
Mothers cannot expect doctors to protect them and their babies from the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The doctors didn't make these drugs and often have no clue about what's in them. Most doctors never even look at the list of side effects. |
Hyla Cass
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 Tylenol here and there . . . and, of course, your nightly beer or glass of red wine (or two). You're playing a danger-
153 ous game with your health—a game that has killed some well-known people. Remember Anna Nicole Smith? Hers is far from the only example where young, generally healthy people—who didn't think that the combination of chemicals they were consuming would hurt them?ended up in the hospital or dead.
Your body is an amazing machine, and it can bounce back from a lot of abuse. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Just administer pain medications like tylenol or, if you have them, local medications to reduce ear pain.
Research studies bear out the advantages of the wait-and-see approach. One study of 240 children ages six months to two years showed that treatment with amoxicillin compared to placebo reduced duration of fever from three to two days and symptoms at day four by 13%, with no difference in pain on ear examination. The authors concluded that "this modest effect does not justify prescription of antibiotics at the first visit, provided close surveillance can be guaranteed. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In human beings, all doctors have been taught is to give Motrin or Celebrex medications and tylenol -- and narcotics if you have cancer. That's all your doctor knows about pain management, and it's pathetic because there are hundreds of effective treatments.
The first thing you do is treat the underlying cause of the pain. I call it, instead of the oil light, the SHIN light. You want to treat Sleep, Hormonal problems, Infections and Nutritional support. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 You can relieve it with aspirin or tylenol, but suppose this person has a slow-growing brain tumor that is not recognized after you mask the pain? The second danger is that the child who takes long term Ritalin is apt to become a juvenile delinquent, to be put in jail. There was a study in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with two groups of Caucasian middle and upper class boys. One group received only Ritalin, the second group, multi-modality therapy, including psychological and educational counseling. |
Andreas Moritz
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| China also produces 50 percent of the world's aspirin and 35 percent of all tylenol. The same is true for the majority of Vitamins A, B12 and E. Since there are no safety regulations and only minimal inspections for these products, you can never quite know what you will get. The pet food and toy scandals and reported instances of toxic food and toothpaste from China have shown that we need to be cautious about foods and supplements that originate from places we know nothing about. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 LaShekia started taking tylenol for joint pain, with the hope that she would begin to feel better. For a while she did, although her physical improvement, if any, was slight.
In 1995, at the age of eighteen, LaShekia set off for Pace University in New York City, hoping to be the first college graduate in her family. Despite her physical setbacks, she had managed to graduate from high school with the rest of her class. She got as far as Halloween during her freshman year at Pace, when it became clear that her physical torpor was worsening. She had lost significant weight. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Tylenol here and there . . . and, of course, your nightly beer or glass of red wine (or two). You're playing a dangerous game with your health—a game that has killed some well-known people. Remember Anna Nicole Smith? Hers is far from the only example where young, generally healthy people—who didn't think that the combination of chemicals they were consuming would hurt them— ended up in the hospital or dead.
Your body is an amazing machine, and it can bounce back from a lot of abuse. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 The number of people taking readily available over-the-counter sleeping pills (antihistamines such as Unisom, Nytol, and tylenol PM) may be even greater. While these drugs might provide a moderate amount of relief for a short period of time, they ultimately do more harm than good.
All types of sleeping medications function by sedating or depressing the brain. Benzodiazepines slow brain waves; antidepressants manipulate levels of brain chemicals; and over-the-counter drugs block histamine and other stimulating chemical reactions in the brain and body. |
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| Example: The leading cause of acute liver failure isn't alcohol or hepatitis but an overdose of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in tylenol.
OTC drugs can be dangerous even when taken in the recommended dosages. Here are common OTC medications and their dangers...
NSAIDs
The class of medications called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) relieve pain, tenderness, inflammation and stiffness.
Popular brands: Ibuprofen is in Advil, Ex-cedrin IB, Midol Cramp, Motrin and Nuprin... naproxen is in Aleve.. .fetoprq/femsinOrudisKT. |
| Popular brands: Benadryl, Excedrin PM, Sominex, tylenol PM, Unisom.
Dangers: Drowsiness, decreased mental alertness, memory loss.
What to do: Avoid exceeding the maximum dosage (generally 100 milligrams [mg] every four to six hours). This can easily happen if, for example, you're taking an antihistamine and a sleep aid that both contain diphenhydramine. Don't drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
A decongestant that relieves stuffy nose and clogged sinuses caused by colds, allergies and hay fever.
Popular brands: Sinutab, Sudafed. |
Andreas Moritz
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| And, if the pain medicine tastes delicious, the "miracle drug" couldn't possibly do you any harm, or could it? tylenol Extra Strength "cool caplets," the latest craze among painkilling medications, makes these dangerous drugs appear harmless. It's both a breath mint and a pain reliever. But is it really a sound idea to add the temptation of flavoring to a pain-reliever that, by the FDA's own admission, plays a role in at least 100 reported (a fraction of the real figure) unintentional deaths each year? |
Melody Petersen
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 After a five-month probe, investigators said they believed the powerful cocktail of Darvon, Vicodin, and tylenol with codeine may have slowed Colby's reaction time.
The soldier perhaps never realized the danger in the prescription pills, which eased the intense pain threatening to get in the way of his tour of duty in Iraq. Colby had been a determined soul, who often spoke the words that had become his personal motto: "Get 'er done."
His mother explained that her son had gone to the dentist at his commander's request to have the tooth pulled before leaving for the Middle East. |
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| Blood transfusions are not like giving a patient an aspirin or Tylenol; they can be risky. Our message to physicians is to look at the whole patient and not just the blood count number, when considering whether or not to transfuse," Rao says.
The Duke team cautions doctors to carefully consider the ability of patients to increase blood counts without transfusions.
"If patients appear to be fine, except for an abnormal blood number, it is probably best to hold off on transfusion. |
Hyla Cass
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| This means that most people living in the modern world have high need for antioxidants—especially when you consider the fact that many commonly used drugs reduce the body's production of such antioxidants as coenzyme Qw (depleted by statin drugs) and glutathione (depleted by the over-the-counter drug acetaminophen, or tylenol).
How can you keep free radicals at bay? Increase your intake of antioxidants, a family of nutrients with the power to mop them up. |
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