Acetominophen is marketed in the UK as paracetamol and is widely prescribed and available over the counter. It is also used in combination with other more heavy duty pain relief, especially post--operatively and often prescribed to be used in tandem with tramadol and other such drugs, and is generally assumed to be 'safe'. The fact is that is it quite easy to go over the limit with this drug, especially if you have or have ever suffered from any liver damage is not so widely known. A few years ago the daughter of a close friend, then 16, took more than the daily recommended dose while suffering from bad headaches after a viral infection, and wound up needing a liver transplant. She was fortunate that a liver was available for her. Go cautiously with tylenol, it is good that there are now proper warnings about possible dangers.

Lindy