Comment by metamuas
4 years ago
Just remember, don't take Tylenol if you are in pain, as you can die from liver poisoning quite quickly. "Engstrom suffered an accident in the lab when a monitor fell on his foot. He took too much Tylenol which caused liver toxicity, and died on December 1, 2020"[0].
I don't see how you make a leap from "he took too much Tylenol" to "don't take Tylenol".
Anything will kill you in a large enough dose. Drinking water will.
Possibly the important missed part here: the effective dose for paracetamol is alarmingly close to the dangerous dose.
Dosage rules allow for 4g/day, 5g/day can cause liver damage. It's also common to find paracetamol in multiple products - so you can take some painkillers, then not realise that the lemsip you're taking for the sniffles also has paracetamol and now you've put your liver at risk.
"too much", if you take small amounts not too often, it's fine