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Re: OOPS - PLEASE RE-READ Re: I am 9 weeks pregnant - can I take advil or motrin - anything but tylenol...

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:59:53 -0600 (CST)


At Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote: >
>Any medicine taken in HUGE amounts can be toxic to the liver. Again,
>most OB's I know say no Motrin in pregnancy, but check with your OB
>
>At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, cindy wrote:
>>
>>>At Fri, 24 Jan 2003, cindy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I've always heard to take tylenol when your prgenant. But, It doesn't
>>>>work for me, I have to take 3 at a time and then it quits in 2 hours.
>>>>And too much advil is fatal to your liver. Got a friend whos 19 year
>>>>old healthy son took too many over a period of 24 hours and ended up in
>>>>critical condition in the hospital with only 10% of his liver still
>>>>working. Scares me. I have a sinus infection and have taken all my
>>>>antibiotics, but still stuffed and sinus headache. One doctor told me I
>>>>could take motrin. Is this OK>????
>>
>>I SAID TOO MUCH ADVIL IS FATAL TO LIVER - WRONG - I MEANT TOO MUCH
>>TYLENOL, THATS WHY I WANT TO TAKE MOTRIN....SORRY!

My doctor has said tylenol with codeine is ok. I know codeine is also hard on the liver, so I take it very sparingly.




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