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hotelyorba

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I took two 10/660 hydrocodones last night. Was it bad because the amount of acetaminophen was higher than the "max dose of 1000"...my dose was 1320.
I'm thinking its probably alright, but you read a lot of scary sh*t about liver damage and I just wanted to make sure.
 
4 grams of APAP is when it begins to enter the danger zone. So yes you were putting yourself at risk with that.
 
Any more than 3000mg at one time is very dangerous.

Its all relative because I wouldn't even take one tylenol, but yeah, that was within acceptable risk parameters.
 
Laika said:
4 grams of APAP is when it begins to enter the danger zone. So yes you were putting yourself at risk with that.
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she said she took 1320
since i think its safe to assume thats not grams (mg) she was at no risk
I take double that often
 
Bottle said:
she said she took 1320
since i think its safe to assume thats not grams (mg) she was at no risk
I take double that often
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Oh yeah, for some reason I read it as they had taken 10 pills. Jeeze, I'm a mess in this thread lol..
 
3000mg at one time, max 4000mg in 24 hours.
If you are a small person, I would reduce those by 25%.

If you have impaired liver function, I would stay away from apap.
 
3gs a day is the max recommended dose and 1g at once is the recommended does but if you only do it once every month or 2 you'll be fine
 
no worries. even if you accidentally take a little (250-500mg) more, it won't instantly kill you. do it often and it's pretty bad for the liver, take way tooo much and you'll need an IV salicylcysteine infusion though. paracetamol is pretty bad for the liver in high dosages, but since it takes quite a while to die from paracetamol poisoning and the abovementioned treatment almost always works, almost no one ever dies from acute paracetamol poisoning.
off course, chronic might be something different, but then your liver is most likely shot.
 
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Bottle said:
she said she took 1320
since i think its safe to assume thats not grams (mg) she was at no risk
I take double that often
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That is not no risk, no risk would be not to take APAP at all. And just because you do it all the time and as far as you know you don't yet have liver damage or damage to the digestive system does not mean it's a good idea or that everyone else will be fine. Some people are much more sensitive to it than others.

OP there is nothing you can do about it now (unless you were having symptoms and need medical attention of course), just try not to take that much on any kind of regular basis. You can do a cold water extraction to remove most of the APAP.
 
Swimmingdancer said:
That is not no risk, no risk would be not to take APAP at all. And just because you do it all the time and as far as you know you don't yet have liver damage or damage to the digestive system does not mean it's a good idea or that everyone else will be fine.
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Im sorry the last thing i wanna do is give out dangerous false information, but from what I understand levels near 1320mg apap are administered from time to time by docs and recommended to be taken daily. So sorry for my poor choice of words.
(and come on no need to be abrasive bro :) )

Edit: I suppose what I meant was:
muvolution said:
but yeah, that was within acceptable risk parameters.
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Bottle said:
Im sorry the last thing i wanna do is give out dangerous false information, but from what I understand levels near 1320mg apap are administered from time to time by docs and recommended to be taken daily. So sorry for my poor choice of words.
(and come on no need to be abrasive bro :) )
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Sorry, didn't mean to seem abrasive :-)
It's just a pet peeve of mine when people on here so often basically say "I did it and I'm fine so it must be safe". We are all different and have different bodies and use patterns etc. I just don't think it's a good or healthy idea for people to take a lot of APAP on a regular basis. And I just meant that just because something is not likely to kill the person does not equal "no risk". Maybe no risk of dying or immediate liver failure from taking that quantity once ;-)
 
I am prescribed to take up to 1300mg APAP per dose, 4 x 325mg, so yes although it is done in the medical setting for treatment of chronic pain, not abuse. If you're abusing the medication you're more likely to do more damage to your liver by taking a large dose all at once, as opposed to a CPP redosing q4-6h.
 
I wasn't just referring to acute liver failure as a risk. Frequent use can cause stomach bleeding, or other damage to the digestive system, and kidney or liver damage. And of course it also depends on the person and the condition of their liver/kidneys already, whether they take other drugs or drink alcohol, etc. I just don't advocate taking high doses on an ongoing basis when there is no medical reason to do so.
 
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