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acetaminophen

Too Much Tylenol – Over Time?

by James on 2 December 2011

Hopefully most people are aware of the dangers of taking too much paracetamol / acetaminophen.  Sometimes people are taking different products that both contain acetaminophen – and inadvertently take too much.  It can be very dangerous. But what about a "staggered overdose"?  That is, people who are taking a little too much over a period [...]

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Caution: Giving Medications to Children

by James on 22 November 2008

Everyone should know that they need to be especially cautious when giving medication to children.  But what special precautions should we take? I appreciated the reminders from ParentCenter last month entitled Seven medicines you shouldn’t give your child.  There are some excellent reminders there. Though the authors don’t give hard and fast rules (there are [...]

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Tylenol and Advil for children

by James on 10 January 2005

One of the studies about children and migraine that was mentioned in the December 28 issue of Neurology compared ibuprofen and acetaminophen.  Ibuprofen was found to be effective, using the same dosage that you’ve already read about on our ibuprofen dosage page – 7.5-10mg per kg of body weight (that’s 2.2lbs).  Ibuprofen does have it’s [...]

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