Acetaminophen, aka Tylenol, has been America's favorite pain reliever for decades. It is one of the safest and most effective products on the market for as long as I can remember. Many of us are aware that this medicine is generally safe to take. There have been a few problems with this drug and related products over the years...I remember the early 80s when some Tylenol products on store shelves were found to be tainted with a poison and great strides were made to make the product line tamper proof. We found out that there is such a thing as "too much" when it comes to acetaminophen. There were recommendations put in place reduce the risk of liver toxicity. To this day, acetaminophen products are a large sector of the over-the counter medication market, and many combination products that are RX only contain acetaminophen as well. If that doesn't make a statement, I don't know what does. Fast forward to 2015. A small study at Ohio State
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