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Originally Posted by marty75
I think I've been misunderstood - I'm not looking for an excuse to drink, but from the sounds of it I'm not going to do any damage with the amount of drinking I do.
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Sorry about that; no offense intended. I'm misunderstood/misconstrued quite often here, myself.
I chalk it up to the inadequacies of the medium, but it
is the only game in town.
As for damage, I don't know, but you asked for thoughts, and I tend to err on the side of caution. Perusing the articles/studies regarding acetaminophen & alcohol, it's being found that while either used alone in moderation may be ok, combining the two with even "small doses" of acetaminophen or "light amounts" of alcohol may be enough to instigate damage.
It's the mixture.
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In general, people who regularly consume one should not use the other, [said Dr. Martin Zand, medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York].
If you take acetaminophen daily for chronic pain, you should avoid alcohol, he said. If you drink alcohol regularly, you should try another painkiller or avoid over-the-counter pain medications altogether.
"I'm not suggesting people should not use acetaminophen and should not appropriately and modestly consume alcohol," Zand said. "But it's not a good idea to take acetaminophen for a number of days in a row and then drink alcohol."
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/a...study-suggests
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I can't take NSAIDs, so when I began taking acetaminophen for chronic pain (many years ago—long before PN), I did 2 things:
- I began taking NAC daily to mitigate damage to my liver & kidneys.
(and I recommend this to anyone who takes acetaminophen—or meds containing it—e.g. Percocet, Tramacet, etc.—daily)
- I stopped drinking alcohol—haven't touched it in ~10 years.
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