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Johnson & johnson says starting in october, the caps of extra strength tylenol will have the message in big red print, contains acetaminophen and always read the label. extra strength tylenol tablet and acetaminophen pill is 500 milligrams. you could take eight of those every day. spaced out properly and you would still be within the safe range. reporter: the pain relieving ingredient is the nation s leading cause of sudden liver failure. as 33-year-old riley mcdermott learned firsthand it isn t just found in tylenol. if my fiance had gotten me to the e.r., a half an hour later, i would be dead. reporter: after inadvertently overdosing on a prescription codeine for an ankle injury and medicine to help her sleep she ended up on a liver transplant list. you are in pain. and you take something. you don t think of it building up in your body. liver damage is extremely rare. the more common problem is people overdosing on the drug which sends as many as 80,000 people in the u.s. ....

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