1st June 2007
Hey 72575,
Yes acetemenophen is extremely hard on the renal system (primarily kidney, liver). I have been known to take 20 thousand mgs of acetemenophen in a day for several days in a row. And 14 thousand on a regular basis. "Feelbad" is very accurate of her facts in her post.
I have found, unfortunately from experience, that the kidneys are really hit the hardest from acetmphn overdose. The liver soon follows because it is trying to do the job of the kidneys as well as it's own job at once. I quit taking Lortab c/t a few months ago and went into horrindous w/d's. So I decided (foolishly) to take extra generic Tylenol to make up for what I was missing from my daily intake. I had been told part of the w/d's are the tylenol and I was hurting really bad so thought more was better. So I took about 2000mgs about every 3hrs for four days. I got to where I couldn't eat, was drinking everything in sight because I was dehydrated and could barely urinate. I finally got so bad off and felt so horrible (I was dizzy and could barely keep balance to walk) that I went to the ER.
Well I had kidney failure. I ended up spending 9 days in the hospital before my kidneys began to work again. The docs actually thought I would end up on dialysis for sure. My liver was also on overload which in turn sent my blood pressure sky high. I ended up spending a total of 16 days in the hosp. They had to give me some kind of anti toxin drug i.v. for days. Not to mention four or five other iv drugs to rehydrate me. After my kidneys got better the lead doc told me I was within 24 hours of death. And honestly that's exactly how I felt. I knew, I mean KNEW I was dying or would soon if I didn't get to the hosp. They knew immediately that I had had an overdose of acetmnphn from the blood work they did. (I had not told them what was really going on when I got there-just that I felt really bad) They also asked (before I had told them anything) if I was taking generic. They said that generic is especially really bad on the system because they put so much crap in for mix. Either way, alot of actmnphn is horrible on the system in large doses especially for long periods of time. As you see, it only took 4 days for my whole system to shut down.
And like Coder and feelbad both said, there are alot of other options out there without having to take acetmnphn....Ibuprophen is also not good in high doses. It is better than acet., but it's still not okay to take in the doses you are taking. There's plenty of things without either of them in it if you absolutely have to take something since you do have chronic pain.
And if you drink at all, of course it's making things even worse. I also believe the max dosage of acet. per day is 4000mg. When I was released from the hosp, they alotted me no more than 6 Lorcet of 10mg hydro/650mg acetm....because I also have injuries which I must take pain meds for daily.
I do take more than I am supposed to but am trying now to keep it to the prescribed dose. I was however taking between 6500mg and 15000mg a day for the last year. I am convinced if it was not pharmaceutical, I would be dead. That is not to say in the least that it's okay....it is not, it is very hard on the renal system. Also, propoxyphene (Darvocet) is extremely hard on the lining of the stomach. It is actually way more dangerous to "over do" on it than hydrocodone......Of course, too much of ANYTHING is bad when it comes to drugs of any kind. Once the kidneys fail, the liver, heart, and virtually all organs follow.
It's good that you decided to research this before it is too late. I would definately "look" for something else. Darvocet is a fairly mild narcotic, perhaps if you were taking a stonger narcotic, you wouldn't need to take so much, if it did have acet., therefore you wouldn't be taking so much of the acet.
Sounds like you definately need to give you poor system a break!
Shay
:cool:
Yes acetemenophen is extremely hard on the renal system (primarily kidney, liver). I have been known to take 20 thousand mgs of acetemenophen in a day for several days in a row. And 14 thousand on a regular basis. "Feelbad" is very accurate of her facts in her post.
I have found, unfortunately from experience, that the kidneys are really hit the hardest from acetmphn overdose. The liver soon follows because it is trying to do the job of the kidneys as well as it's own job at once. I quit taking Lortab c/t a few months ago and went into horrindous w/d's. So I decided (foolishly) to take extra generic Tylenol to make up for what I was missing from my daily intake. I had been told part of the w/d's are the tylenol and I was hurting really bad so thought more was better. So I took about 2000mgs about every 3hrs for four days. I got to where I couldn't eat, was drinking everything in sight because I was dehydrated and could barely urinate. I finally got so bad off and felt so horrible (I was dizzy and could barely keep balance to walk) that I went to the ER.
Well I had kidney failure. I ended up spending 9 days in the hospital before my kidneys began to work again. The docs actually thought I would end up on dialysis for sure. My liver was also on overload which in turn sent my blood pressure sky high. I ended up spending a total of 16 days in the hosp. They had to give me some kind of anti toxin drug i.v. for days. Not to mention four or five other iv drugs to rehydrate me. After my kidneys got better the lead doc told me I was within 24 hours of death. And honestly that's exactly how I felt. I knew, I mean KNEW I was dying or would soon if I didn't get to the hosp. They knew immediately that I had had an overdose of acetmnphn from the blood work they did. (I had not told them what was really going on when I got there-just that I felt really bad) They also asked (before I had told them anything) if I was taking generic. They said that generic is especially really bad on the system because they put so much crap in for mix. Either way, alot of actmnphn is horrible on the system in large doses especially for long periods of time. As you see, it only took 4 days for my whole system to shut down.
And like Coder and feelbad both said, there are alot of other options out there without having to take acetmnphn....Ibuprophen is also not good in high doses. It is better than acet., but it's still not okay to take in the doses you are taking. There's plenty of things without either of them in it if you absolutely have to take something since you do have chronic pain.
And if you drink at all, of course it's making things even worse. I also believe the max dosage of acet. per day is 4000mg. When I was released from the hosp, they alotted me no more than 6 Lorcet of 10mg hydro/650mg acetm....because I also have injuries which I must take pain meds for daily.
I do take more than I am supposed to but am trying now to keep it to the prescribed dose. I was however taking between 6500mg and 15000mg a day for the last year. I am convinced if it was not pharmaceutical, I would be dead. That is not to say in the least that it's okay....it is not, it is very hard on the renal system. Also, propoxyphene (Darvocet) is extremely hard on the lining of the stomach. It is actually way more dangerous to "over do" on it than hydrocodone......Of course, too much of ANYTHING is bad when it comes to drugs of any kind. Once the kidneys fail, the liver, heart, and virtually all organs follow.
It's good that you decided to research this before it is too late. I would definately "look" for something else. Darvocet is a fairly mild narcotic, perhaps if you were taking a stonger narcotic, you wouldn't need to take so much, if it did have acet., therefore you wouldn't be taking so much of the acet.
Sounds like you definately need to give you poor system a break!
Shay
:cool: