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  • My dude, what are you actually talking about? Call me a skeptic but I must take with a massive grain of salt what you say when you confuse Tylenol as being an NSAID — something that is very easily looked up; so I can’t even tell if you’re confusing studies conducted on Ibuprofen versus Tylenol.

    The studies you mention elsewhere:

    • Yes, if you take FOUR GRAMS within a 24 hour period, that can cause damage. People are dumb and don’t read labels and take in excess.

    • If you take the recommended dosage of 325mg even every 4 hours as opposed to 6, you’re still under 2 grams in a 24-hour period.

    • Yes, Tylenol is less effective than Ibuprofen for things like headaches and inflammatory pains because — again — it is NOT a Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

    • Don’t be stupid: Don’t take Tylenol with Alcohol, use it acutely, and follow the instructions and you’ll be fine so long as you discuss with your doctor. Not rocket science.

    Obviously the dose makes the poison. You can literally poison yourself by drinking water in excess, too.


  • Tylenol (acetaminophen) is not an NSAID.

    Ibuprofen is.

    Ibuprofen particularly can mess up kidneys and stomach lining with chronic use especially. Meanwhile Tylenol tends to be a bit harder on the liver but is otherwise generally considered safer. This based on my hospital stay as a patient and the doctors veering me away from ibuprofen and toward tylenol, and my wife who is an RN.

    I very much avoid both to the best of my ability but ibuprofen in particular (even though for me it’s WAY more effective), and the only time I’ve really used either with any temporary regularity was with kidney stone, pneumonia, sepsis (all three at same time, mind you), and omicron covid I think it was. Tylenol is generally considered to be safer than Ibuprofen, unless you have preexisting liver issues.





  • lennybird@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 days ago

    No not quite. For the record both my wife and I work at hospitals.

    The article itself reads:

    It isn’t clear what Sarah’s doctors planned for her next step in care. Her family and staff who cared for her said she had shown improvements during the last month.

    A discontinuation of a sitter following protocols during a 3 month stay is quite normal, and also a give-and-take of trust. All of this is going to come down to patient charting and whether the doctors followed protocol in discontinuing sitter monitoring for an SI patient. Clearly as the article reads there were signs of improvement and at some point that child would have to be discharged.

    They also noted they wanted to move the child to an patient psych facility but they were full. At its core, a hospital is not a long-term care facility. To house a child for 3 months on this is beyond the scope of what most Hospitals are capable of adequately handling as acute care facilities, and yes, she should have been transferred to a pediatric psych facility… But again, the system is backlogged.

    This is a system strained to its core. What should be emphasized here is 1) The psych unit would’ve had the PHYSICAL measures to prevent her from leaving, independent of anything else. Yes, this was a cut. 2) The entire medical system is under immense stress right now. A true crisis. Staffing shortages are absolutely one key aspect of this among others.





  • lennybird@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldwhats your character class ^^
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    Planner and propagandist, most likely. The best propaganda is true.

    Maybe fighter, if necessary. One of those abridged ASVAB tests for whatever they’re worth (probably not much) suggested Intelligence, Special Forces, and something like Computer Systems. I am a software engineer by education but that’s not my natural affinity insomuch as a means to an end. Always drawn to high level strategy games as well. Always enjoyed squad level tactics in paintball. Whether I’d be worth a damn in combat I hope I never find out. Maybe messenger, runner, scout? I’m a pretty good runner.

    I seriously hope it doesn’t come to this shit…