Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 > > Hi all > I have been using paracetamol (acetaminophen) for the last 5 days. is > there a limit for its usage?I mean would it be harmful if I use it > long term? My child has always been prone to the most awful chests, especially in winter (adrenal fatigue at such a young age...). She's just turned five. When she was three she was referred to the local hospital for it, and the reason I'm telling you this is because I told them I was concerned about the amount of paracetmaol she was having - all that coughing, especially at night, was painful for her, and she was often maxed out on paracetamol & nurofen. They said that as long as she didn't have more than the max dose, it would be fine, that some children had to be on painkillers long term and they had no adverse effects. My thinking is that there *may* be effects, but they are likely to be subtle and you probably need the pain relief more than you need to worry about the long term effects. HTH, Rosie/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm Liver damage is a side effect of long term use. Personally i owul dnot use it for long periods of time. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 wrote: > http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm > > Liver damage is a side effect of long term use. Personally i owul dnot > use it for long periods of time. > > I'd just like to add, I have some liver issues, high and borderline high liver enzymes, and have been told never to take acetomimophen because it is so hard on the liver, one of the worst, I was told. No big loss, because it was a total washout as a pain reliever for me. sol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 wrote: > http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm > > Liver damage is a side effect of long term use. Personally i owul dnot > use it for long periods of time. > > I'd just like to add, I have some liver issues, high and borderline high liver enzymes, and have been told never to take acetomimophen because it is so hard on the liver, one of the worst, I was told. No big loss, because it was a total washout as a pain reliever for me. sol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 wrote: > http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm > > Liver damage is a side effect of long term use. Personally i owul dnot > use it for long periods of time. > > I'd just like to add, I have some liver issues, high and borderline high liver enzymes, and have been told never to take acetomimophen because it is so hard on the liver, one of the worst, I was told. No big loss, because it was a total washout as a pain reliever for me. sol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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