No drugs

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Don't know about the rest of you but I found that interesting - I always wanted to be a pharmacist but failed horribly at physics. Still ended up with a Biology Degree though - which prompts tonight's little trivia question - who's the 'smartest' one here - anyone own up to degrees? doctorates? members of parliament? future presidents (oh, sorry, that's next week isn't it!!!)
Andy Garibaldi (not entirely seriously you understand)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brad Dahl 
  To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 3:25 PM
  Subject: Re: No drugs


  >>>watch out for all those pharmacuetical legal drugs tho - panadol for one ( garbage that produces no pain relief other than a placebo effect and actually causes liver damage - did you know headaches are a symtom of liver damage?)
   
  Let's see if I can work some BOC content into this...
   
  As someone who spends way to much of his time trying to save people who have overdose on medications (aka drugs), I felt a need to comment on this.  Panadol or Tylenol in the US (paracetamol or acetaminophen) is actually quite an effective and safe analgesic, when used in the proper doses.  In fact, acetaminophen itself will cause no damage to your liver.  The problem occurs when you take so much that your body cannot metabolize it via the normal routes to safe metabolites and instead metabolizes it to a very toxic metabolite.  In a normal healthy adult it takes at least 7 grams of acetaminophen before this problem occurs (or 14 of the extra strength tablets).  Of course, you can also get into trouble by taking more than the 2 tablets at an increased frequency than recommended (which provides no greater pain relief no matter what you may think) or you have preexisting liver problems (or maybe have a frequent "beverage").
   
  I have yet to see anyone kill themselves with ibuprofen, so there is you challenge for the day.
   
  Party on!
   
  Brad
   
  Oh yeah, (warning BOC content) at my first concert which was BOC, Kansas and Ted Nugent at the Long Beach Sports Arena in 1975 (anybody else here get to that one?), my friend had been very ill with vomiting so he had some medicine from his physician that he referred to as "stomach tranquilizers".  We were getting a drink from a drinking fountain when a guy in line saw him take one and said "Hey, can I have some of those?".  My friend said "They're just stomach tranquilizers." and the guy said "Cool" and took about 3-4 of them.  I remember after the concert looking at the many passed out people on the floor (some in a pile of vomit) as we left and thinking "You guys really missed a great show."
   
  Maybe I'm the one who missed the great show?  Probably not.  (what a prude I am)
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