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Aches. >> and then prescription ones like percocet, vicodin. then you still have pain, let me just take tylenol on top of that. so even in some of these cold remedies as you said, youre going to double dose if you dont realize that the tylenol is in there. look for acetaminophen or apap that stands for acetaminophen. >> you get the gist of it. we all use the cold relief. tylenol is a common kicker. >> so if you use these in combination you can get up to 1,300 milligrams of tylenol. youre getting...

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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...

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 over-the-counter tylenol could be 250 milligrams, 500. some even are a full gram of tylenol. the magic number i...

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...

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...

Excedrin for the headache. >> you take the tylenol because the migraine medicine isnt working, together this can get you up to 1,500 milligrams in one shot. now youre getting closer to the 4-gram limit. >> its not comical. the hangover scenario. a lot of people take excess of things, now they have even bigger problem. now we get to this thing, the big thing we have here, acetaminophen and the nyquil. >> exactly. 1,605 milligrams. so this can really start to add up quickly. alcohol is a great poi...

Though take products with acetaminophen without even thinking there might be consequences after a night of drinking to prevent a hangover. is that something bad or somebody who has a shoulder -- i just had shoulder surgery and ive been taking one or two a day just to kind of deal with the pain. is that bad? >> 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. peopl...