New research suggests acetaminophen (Tylenol) may help individuals overcome non-specific fear and anxiety. “…brought about by thinking about death or the human condition.” Just what we need in an age of healthcare trainwrecks, nitwit pols passing bills they don’t read and brainless apparatchiks demanding the death penalty for anyone committing the terrible crime of not agreeing with them.
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If someone needed something for anxiety, it seems like they'd be better served getting a prescription from their doctor for Xanax, or Valium or whatever rather than take Tylenol.
So, I guess liver failure is no longer a big deal? Honestly, if I took Tylenol, I would be SO anxious about suddenly keeling over dead that it would counteract any anxiety-alleviating actions. Just saying...
In recommended doses, and the absence of disease or abuse (like alcohol) Tylenol is unlikely to cause liver problems. Since it is the only OTC pain reliever I can take, I can assure you I have been taking it for some 40 years and my liver function tests are stellar. Of course, I never od'd on the stuff. THAT'S when the liver failure is common.
Looks to me like another step in the gun-control process. Now, if they can prove you ever took Tylenol, you're obviously a depressed, suicidal, murderous, TEA Party member, and should never be near a firearm.
I have seen the same result from Bourbon, Rum, Vodka, Gin, etc, etc, etc.
The Tylenol lobby at work... :-/
Is this another way for the government to put an OTC drug on prescription?
If they haven't done Aspirin, they won't touch Tylenol (acetomenophen.)
Non specific fear and anxiety is itself so suspect a term that by itself it impugns the message. It belongs with another medical gem: idiopathic- which precedes a condition name suggesting that a root cause cannot be found in favor of the far more profitable process of managing something that we're led to accept as something calling for a long term drug regimen whose primary purpose is to ensure revenue flow into an industry that sees medical conditions as opportunities for profit.
Oh, great. "New research." One of those awesome phrases like "they did a study."
And, let me guess, it's a "news story" put out on the wire by a PR company that works for the umbrella company that owns Tylenol.
I'm sick of this prostituted science.