rob aylestone
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How come your Tylenol is a killer and our paracetamol isn't when they are the same drug? Both sets of data cannot be correct.
I suppose it's down to individuals to assess - like we do when choosing politicians or even one DAW over another.
My wife works in the local hospital pharmacy. She rarely takes pain killers. I've got a dodgy back and some months I take a lot.
She deals with drugs that are controlled - that's our term for what I think in the US is the regulated drugs. Here, before drugs can be released to the public they are scrutinised by a Government linked organisation called NICE. They decided which gets controlled. Opiates are obvious ones as are those that have proven and evidenced clinical testing. Aspirin, ibroprofen and paracetamol based products are not considered risky, taken as per the instructions. Aspirin and ibuprofen have risks attached and the instruction sheet with each one details them.
If you do your own research and consider them too high a risk, not taking them makes sense.
Dependency on opioid based pain killers seems a much higher risk - organ failure with what we have here is considered a very low risk, taken as directed.
I suppose it's down to individuals to assess - like we do when choosing politicians or even one DAW over another.
My wife works in the local hospital pharmacy. She rarely takes pain killers. I've got a dodgy back and some months I take a lot.
She deals with drugs that are controlled - that's our term for what I think in the US is the regulated drugs. Here, before drugs can be released to the public they are scrutinised by a Government linked organisation called NICE. They decided which gets controlled. Opiates are obvious ones as are those that have proven and evidenced clinical testing. Aspirin, ibroprofen and paracetamol based products are not considered risky, taken as per the instructions. Aspirin and ibuprofen have risks attached and the instruction sheet with each one details them.
If you do your own research and consider them too high a risk, not taking them makes sense.
Dependency on opioid based pain killers seems a much higher risk - organ failure with what we have here is considered a very low risk, taken as directed.