AP, USA Today, LA Times: A Hint of Liver Damage with Heavy Use of Tylenol
Taking Tylenol — known to trigger liver damage and even liver failure if taken in extreme quantities — also causes signs of liver problems at the higher end of the recommended dosage scale, say doctors in a study at two medical centers. The results are in the current JAMA. Some docs are now saying that the present upper limit on recommended dosage, 4 grams a day, is too high. But even at that level, the study found, blood enzymes reached a level that usually is taken as a sign of a liver in trouble. The manufacturer says other studies show no such evidence of risk.
Stories:
LA Times Denise Gellene; AP Carla K. Johnson; USA Today Rita Rubin;
Grist for the Mill: JAMA Abstract;
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