AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question Hi with all this talk about liver damage when taking too much tylenol or acetaphetomin what is more toxic, tylenol or Opiates such as: oxycontin to your liver?. I take a lot of tylenol for migraines and back pain, and I have Hepatitis B. So I need to know. And I also take opiates, for pain too, and it works much better than Tylenol dont ask me why it just does. I dont need that high of doses though either. Thanks
Answer Hi Howard,
I am not surprised you get better pain relief with opiates than tylenol. Opiates are better drugs than tylenol. With tylenol the dose that is dangerous if you are taking more than 3 grams a day for a long time, that means for months. Opiates are less toxic to the liver, but they too can cause damage when used for long. The toxicity is higher for you since your liver is already reeling under a viral attack. My suggestion would be to stick to opiates rather than tylenol. I hope this answers your questions.
Ravi
