Jayne wrote:
> Hi Cathy,
>
> Thanks for all this information. I take Tylenol 2's with codeine not the
> extra strength Tylenol as they do nothing for my pain at all.
>
> What I was confused about was how come 3 x Tylenol 2's with codeine are more
> beneficial than 2 x Tylenol 3's with codiene wouldn't it be the same dosage?
>
> I always watch to see how my bowel reacts to the codeine and I am always
> told to drink LOTS of water while taking it especially after pelvic surgery.
> I really don't think the codeine makes me constipated though.
>
> Actually my Tylenol 2's don't cost that much, about $14 a month (for 180)
> compared to about $8 (for 100) for regular extra strength. There really
> isn't that much difference in price if you go by quantity.
>
> Bye for now
>
> Take care
>
> Jayne
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cathy:-" <anonymous@medispecialty.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
> <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 3:27 PM
> Subject: OT -- tylenol...
>
> > At Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Jayne wrote:
> > >...and Tylenol 2's for pain has I need it
> > >(I actually take 3 at one time when it should be 2). For some reason
> which
> > >I can't understand Tylenol 3's don't work as affectively as Tylenol 2's,
> I
> > >really find that strange.
> >
> > I take 3 tylenols at a time, too. The pediatric doxe of tylenol scales
> > up from birth to about 100 lbs and is a straight 15mg of tylenol per kg
> > of body weight. Well, I weigh 225lb, which is just a hair over 100kg,
> > so if I scale up from the kids dose I should take 1500mg of tylenol --
> > which is 3 extra-strength tylenol. I have this constant battle with my
> > husband, because the bottle says that you should only take 2 at a time.
> > Sure, 2 at a time is the right amount if you weigh 150lb, and even a bit
> > of an overdose if you weigh 110lb, but at my weight I need more than
> > that! I use as my proof what happens if I get a fever. If I take 2
> > tylenol the fever will break about a half-hour later, and then it will
> > come back 2-1/2 hours after that and then I'll have to wait another
> > miserable hour for another dose. If I take 3, then the fever stays gone
> > for about 4.5 to 5 hours.
> >
> > The other question about the tylenol 3's -- I assume you mean the
> > combination of tylenol and codeine. They actually have mapped the gene
> > that determines this, and approx 30% of the population does not react to
> > codeine at all. I've always had to be very careful about constipation,
> > and talk about NO effect -- heck codeine doesn't even make ME
> > constipated LOL! Think of us as like cats: did you know that 20% of cats
> > are uneffected by catnip? I haven't had any definitive test showing
> > codeine insensitivity, but I'm pretty suspicious because tylenol 3
> > always acts on me according to the amount of tylenol in it. If you look
> > at the package insert it should tell you how many mg of each thing is in
> > each pill and then you can do the arithmetic -- and if codeine doesn't
> > have any effect on you then off course you should stick to just plain
> > tylenol. It's a heck of a lot safer, not to mention it's a lot cheaper!
>