could be 250 milligrams, 500. some even are a full gram of tylenol. the magic number i will tell you they say if you re taking over 4 grams of acetaminophen in a day, that could just be a few extra strength tylenols, they say that s too much. that could potentially cause problems, serious problems with your liver, causing the liver to actually start to fail and requiring more drastic medical measures. i mean, a lot of people 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 i ve been taking one or two a day just to kind of deal with the pain. is that bad? so here s what i would say. first of all, with regard to drinking, i think it s a bad idea to take acetaminophen if you ve been drinking to try and prevent a hangover. that s a bad idea. people can write that one down. these both alcohol and acetaminophen ar
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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 don t think about as having acetaminophen in it. you may not read the ingredients. if you start taking the different medications all of a sudden you re upping the amount of acetaminophen you re getting in a given day. if you re taking it for a sore shoulder or something like that, you could take it probably for a few days but you don t need more than 325 milligrams in any given time. that s sort of the key that the fda is saying. all right. sanjay, i appreciate the clarification. thanks. you got it. thank you. let s get the latest on the stories. some other stories we re following, susan hendricks is here with a 360 bulletin. anderson, police in roswell, new mexico say the 12-year-old boy who opened fire inside of a middle school gym had a 20 gauge pump shotgun which
there, doctors who are prescribing medications that may contain acetaminophen. people know of that as the active ingredient in tylenol. but it s in lots of other medications as well, including prescription medications. what they re saying is you should no longer prescribe, obviously patients shouldn t take but no longer prescribe medications that have more than 325 milligrams. of acetaminophen in it. this is something they have been talking about for a couple of years back in 2011. they said manufacturers stop making acetaminophen that has more than 325 milligrams in it. many manufacturers complied but not all of them. now they re going to the prescribers themselves and saying stop prescribing it. we don t 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, there s regular strength, there s extra strength tylenol. and again, keep in mind we re ta