Thread: Neuro took away gaba and added lyrica..so now I'm on lyrica and cymbalta
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Old 04-14-2014, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by St George 2013 View Post
I've been taking 1/2 a vicodin every 2 hours, sometimes 1 hour apart depending on the pain level.
Please be careful with that stuff. Vicodin contains acetaminophen (Tylenol). Taking more than 1000 mg of acetaminophen within any 6 hour period, or more than 3000-4000 with any 24 hour period (2600 mg/day if taken for more than 2 weeks), can cause liver damage.

If you need to take anywhere near those levels on a regular basis, I'd suggest taking some NAC (N-Acetyl-Cysteine) with it to help protect your liver.

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