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>> so heres what i would say. first of all, with regard to drinking, i think its a bad idea to take acetaminophen if youve been drinking to try and prevent a hangover. thats a bad idea. people can write that one down. these both alcohol and acetaminophen are both going to actually do a little bit of an insult to your liver. you just dont need that. other things you need to take for a headache or something there are other options. the other important point is, there are lots of different medicati...

Take a look at the headlines. doctors warned about prescribing prescription drugs with more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen. before that, tylenols parent company began putting a big red warning on the cap designed to reduce accidental over doses. in total, they estimate 22,000 people have sto visit emergency rooms from acetaminophen overdoses every year. what is the real risk here? thats what we want to talk about. lets bring in dr. raj to dig deeper. >> a lot of people take tylenol and the...

Counter drugs like tylenol. taking too much can cause liver failure, even death in some cases. the question we want to know is how much is safe to take and whats the best way to avoid trouble. chief medical correspondence dr. sanjay gupta joins me. sanjay, this fda recommendation, break it down for us. >> well, this is a message really for prescribers out there, doctors who are prescribing medications that may contain acetaminophen. people know of that as the active ingredient in tylenol. but it...

First of all, with regard to drinking, i think its a bad idea to take acetaminophen if youve been drinking to try and prevent a hangover. thats a bad idea and people can write that one down. both alcohol and acetaminophen are both going to actually do a little bit of an insult to your liver. you just dont need that. if there are things you need to take for a headache or something, there are other options. the other important point is there are lots of different medications out there, cold medica...

Other things you need to take for a headache or something there are other options. the other important point is, there are lots of different medications out there. cold medications, different medications that, you dont think about as having acetaminophen in it. you may not read the ingredients. if you start taking the different medications all of a sudden youre upping the amount of acetaminophen youre getting in a given day. if youre taking it for a sore shoulder or something like that, you coul...

3 256 mill /* /- -- 325 milligrams. many manufacturers complied but not all of them. now theyre going to the prescribers themselves and saying stop prescribing it. we dont think it offers any additional benefit and it could potentially cause some harm. >> how much is in like a tylenol? how much is in other products that people might be taking? do you know? >> well, theres regular strength, theres extra strength tylenol. and again, keep in mind were talk about prescription medications. but for ov...

Cause liver failure, even death in some cases. the question we want to know is how much is safe to take and whats the best way to avoid trouble? chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins me. all right, sanjay, this fda recommendation, break it down for us. >> well, this is a message really for prescribers out there, doctors who are prescribing medications that may contain acetaminophen. people know of acetaminophen as the active ingredient in tylenol, but its in lots of other medication...

Welcome back. the fda raised a big rad flag today. it is asking doctors to stop prescribing drugs that have more than 325 milligrams per dose of acetaminophen. its one of the ingredients in powerful prescription painkillers like per koe seperc vicodin. the question we want to know is how much is safe to take and whats the best way to avoid trouble. chief medical correspondence dr. sanjay gupta joins me. sanjay, this fda recommendation, break it down for us. >> well, this is a message really for ...

And it was what wsh one -- >> $1 132 a month. >> and now its what? >> $325. >> can you afford that? >> not really. its $5,000 more just to cover us. for a small business, thats -- >> so $5,000 more just to cover the two of you. >> yeah. >> thats unbelievable. now, do you have health insurance, maam? >> i do not. i have not signed up for obamacare. >> are you going to? >> definitely not this year. i dont think its worth it for me. i go to the doctor, what, three times a year maybe? i dont think -...

And were starting meal loaf because he used his food to obstruct the cell. >> meal loaf, two of the most dreaded words in prison. >> this loaf is used for inmates who abuse food or food service equipment in the process of consuming their meals. for example, if they throw their food tray at somebody or something along those lines. what weve got here is basically all of the food groups. nine ounces of ground beef, we need two ounces, shredded potatoes, shredded cabbage, vegetable oil, tomato puree...