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In article <32874588.13F7E6C3@house.med.und.ac.za> 
		"Dr. Rob Miller" <rmiller@house.med.und.ac.za> writes:
>Andy wrote:
>
>> subject.  And I would argue strongly against the statement that
>> cannabis is the world's safest medicine.  It can induce hallucination,
>> delerium, any number of things I would not want while driving.  That
>> can't be said of Tylenol.
>> 
>> -Andy
>
>
>bad example.  Tylenol is actually relatively toxic - overdosing 
>leads to fatal liver failure, and alcohol reduces the amount 
>needed for toxic effect.
>
>					rob.
>
>rmiller@techno.sanbi.ac.za

Tylenol (Acetaminophen) overdose, like other Partnership for a Drug Free
America drugs, causes people to end up in the emergency room. The
following is from The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report which was
cited by Donna Shalala, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, to condemn marijuana during the recent U.S. Election
campaign. She never did stress Tylenol poisoning when she was attacking 
marijuana. The fact is, more people were sent to emergency rooms due to
tylenol poisoning than all the teens who had admitted to using marijuana
within a one month period before ending up in an emergency room for any
reason.

Notice how emergency room visits for over-the-counter drug abuse were not
reported unless it was "used in combination with an illicit drug". This
tells me that emergency room visits due to over-the-counter drug abuse
was deliberately under-reported to protect the over-the-counter,
Partnership for a Drug Free America drugs.

I believe NAC is used to treat Tylenol poisoning.   
     _________________________________________________________________
   
   ANNUAL TRENDS IN PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG-RELATED EPISODES
     _________________________________________________________________
   
   
   DAWN also reports on cases involving the nonmedical use of legal
   drugs.
     * Accidental overdoses of over-the-counter or prescription drugs
       taken as directed are not reportable unless they were used in
       combination with an illicit drug. Generally, most drug-related
       episodes involving over-the-counter drugs reported "suicide
       attempt or gesture" as the motive for use.
       
     * Acetaminophen-related episodes comprised 7 percent of all
       drug-related emergency department episodes in 1995. From 1990
       through 1995, a 45 percent increase was observed (from 25,400 to
       36,800). Between 1994 and 1995, there was no change in the
       reported number acetaminophen-related episodes.
       
     * From 1988 through 1995, trazodone-related emergency department
       episodes increased 321 percent (from 2,200 to 9,400). Trazodone is
       an antidepressant used in the treatment of aggressive behavior and
       cocaine withdrawal.
       
     * From 1988 through 1995, clonazepam-related emergency department
       episodes, increased 845 percent (from 1,400 to 13,200). Clonazepam
       is an anticonvulsant.
       
     * Carbamazepine-related emergency department episodes increased 138
       percent (from 2,000 to 4,800) from 1988 through 1993, but there
       was no change between 1993 and 1994 or 1994 and 1995.
       Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant.
       
     * Between 1988 and 1995, hydrocodone, an opioid analgesic,and
       carisprodol, a narcotic analgesic containing codeine, increased by
       more than 200 percent. Hydrocodone increased from 2,700 mentions
       in 1988 to 9,400 in 1995, while carisprodol increased from 2,300
       in 1988 to 8,000 in 1995.
       
     * Diazepam (valium) is a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of
       anxiety disorders, seizures, and muscle spasms. Diazepam-related
       emergency department episodes decreased by 76 percent (from 60,400
       to 14,700) from 1978 to 1995. There was no change in the number of
       diazepam-related episodes between 1994 and 1995.
       
     * Alprazolam (xanax), a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of
       anxiety disorders, was first reported to DAWN in 1982.
       Alprazolam-related emergency department episodes increased from
       1,200 in 1982 to 16,200 in 1988. Alprazolam-related episodes have
       been fairly constant since 1988.
       
     * Lorazepam (ativan) is a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of
       anxiety disorders. Lorazepam-related emergency department episodes
       increased from 1,600 in 1978 to 11,400 in 1995. Between 1994 and
       1995, there was no change in the number of lorazepam-related
       episodes.
       
   
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