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Is Having High Dose Of Tylenol A Cause For Concern?

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2016

Question: I took 2000 mg of Equate Pain Reliever (Tylenol) by mistake - I should have only taken 1000mg. Do I need to be concerned? No alcohol is involved. The other medication he has me taking for this wrenched Back is Tizanidine HCL 4mg x 1 every 8 hours, and 800mg of Ibuprofin every 8 hours. Along with, apparently, 1000mg of Tylenol every 6 hours.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (17 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
TYLENOL HIGH DOSE

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome

I appreciate your concern

Though it's certainly not recommended to take 2 g acetaminophen, it's not a toxic dose. You should skip taking any more acetaminophen for the next 24 hours.

Let me know if you have any query

Wishing you best of health

Thanks

Dr M.S Khalil

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