Drug info - Acetaminophen Question - SuperUltraMegaDelux Thread

[TheNewLeft]

ok...so technically this is not an "opiate/opioid" thread but for reasons that are probably self explanatory to almost any pill head....i'm posting it here.

i guess my question is what exactly is acetaminophen? how does it work? and why is it so toxic to the liver?

DISCLAIMER - "I" refers to not myself but some guy I met named "I"....I know...confusing.

before i entered the world of morphine and all of its wonderful derivatives occasionally i would take either aspirin, tylonal or advil for a headache. while advil and aspirin actually had mild painkilling properties tylonal is without a doubt the most useless medication ever created.

has anyone ever been in pain, taken an extra strength tylonal and felt better?

I once ate 7 5/325 oxycocets which is like a canadian version of percs....and i swear to god the tylonal content ruined the high...i got all sorts of strange side effects.

ok so this turned into a bit of a rant but what i'm really trying to say is...

can anyone lend me 5 dollars?

[fiveleggedrat]

Swim could lend you 5 dollars, but he charges 500% percent interest =]

Yeah, fuck that shit, the last time Swim remembers taking it to solve a problem was when he was like 12 years old. And even then, that shit was useless. Swim would take large doses of all that shit combined and still have fucking headaches.

Nothing beats pot/benzos/opioids for solving any pain problem you might have, as least Swim says so.

[cnsns2ccl2]

Acetominophen is an analgesic. It works basically by blocking certain pain receptors. Swim finds it helps with minor pain (headache, toothache) and is extremely effective for relieving PMS cramps. :P Acetominophen, ASA, and ibuprophin all have diferent mechanisms for relieving pain. Most likely the one in which acetominophen works is ineffective for swiy. Acetominiphen is also the only of the three which works to break fevers. It is metabolized in the liver. Certain metabolites that are produced are neutralized to non-toxic by-products and excreted by the kidneys. When the dose is too high, the concentration of metabolites is higher than that of the neutralizers and it therefore causes damage to the liver rather than being excreted by the kidneys.

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