Alcohol and Tylenol don’t mix.
New research is suggesting that taking the recommended dose of acetaminophen with even a small amount of alcohol can result in a significant risk of kidney damage and disease. Experts warn that people buy acetaminophen over the counter, and are unaware of the potentially harmful interaction with even casual alcohol use.
Dr. Martin Zand, medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, says it's not a good idea to take acetaminophen for a number of days in a row and then drink alcohol. If you need to take something for pain or a hangover, you might want to choose another painkiller if you want to err on the side of caution, because you've just put your liver through a stress test and it needs all the breathing room it can get to recover.
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