Wine & Painkillers

[Thomas]

winecollector, it really depends on three things: dosage, frequency and one's physical make-up.

Low dosage, say 500 to 1000mg of acet.(Tylenol) really isn't problematic, as a healthy liver dispenses with it within a few hours. But if the low dosage is pumped into the body every few hours, then the liver will be taxed, and with alcohol added it can become a problem over time.

I think studies on Tylenol and the other non-aspirin pain killers show that liver toxicity can be reached at repetitive dosages of 4,000 mg plus a day--which is 8 pills of a generally usual dosage.