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Better take an advil (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Tylenol is a brand of acetaminophen, which is bad for your liver.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

I am bad for my liver.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

It's metabolized by your liver, so is fat. It has a safe and therapeutic dosage range.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't ibuprofen also damage your liver?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

My understanding is that ibuprofen is processed in the kidneys, and if Tylenol was up for FDA approval today it would go down in flames due to safety concerns

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Aspirin is bad for your liver as well, especially for kids. It disrupts the electron transport chain in the Krebs cycle which leads to fatty acids not being converted and since they don't belong into the mitochondria, they are expunged into small deposits in the liver. It's called microvesicular steatosis, or more commonly called fat liver.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ibuprofen (or NSAIDs in general) is bad for the liver as well and worse for the kidneys.

Edit: confused kidneys and liver.