14 comments

  • tootie a minute ago

    And yet I still see MAHA defenders even on HN.

  • qsera an hour ago

    clean chit!

  • eth0up an hour ago

    Just for the sake of honest balance, with minimal commentary and no opinions:

    Acetaminophen and dementia correlation:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2877629/

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01638...

    Note that it's also hard on the liver. A lot fatalities due to taking after hangovers, etc: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322813 So if you insist, maybe take some NAC.

    But apparently, Ibuprofen helps counter the dementia risk:

    https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/home/PressRelease/624

    I am not not asserting any clever marketing here. I am merely citing public information. Noting all the above, I am confident it's perfectly safe for children and fetuses, and if posing any risk at all, applies strictly to full grown adults. No doubts about child safety have been expressed here.

      ctoa 15 minutes ago

      "A lot fatalities due to taking after hangovers" no, that's not how acetaminophen fatalities happen. In fact, the article you cited specifically mentions "there is no scientific evidence that people with AUD (alcohol use disorder) who take the recommended dose of acetaminophen increase their risk of liver damage."

      Fatalities happen basically from: product stacking combination medicines people don't realize contain acetaminophen and/or multi-day accumulation exceeding max daily limit over multiple days.

      Chronic drinkers have impaired acetaminophen processing so they can't handle otherwise safe doses, but fatalities still typically occur in multi-day accumulation scenarios. Their safe daily max is ~half that of a non drinker.

      The effects of one round of acute drinking don't impair the liver in the same way. People are not dropping dead because they took a normal dose of acetaminophen for a hangover. Not that I'm recommending you start doing it, but it is a myth.

      greggsy 30 minutes ago

      The liver toxicity is well known, and overdose is not uncommon.

        lokar 15 minutes ago

        A better policy fix would be to remove it from multi-drug products. Require it always be the only active ingredient.

        mmooss 4 minutes ago

        > overdose is not uncommon

        Anecdotally, I hear about it far more in Internet comments like the parent than elsewhere. How common is it?

      estearum 31 minutes ago

      The first paper shows no evidence of any effect from Tylenol...? But yeah seems like lots of support for the ibuprofen protective effect, interestingly.

      phendrenad2 3 minutes ago

      [delayed]

  • DANmode an hour ago

    Now do the study in mutated (MTHR, MTHFR, COMT, others, some combination of them) sample populations.

      estearum 31 minutes ago

      Why?

        DANmode 6 minutes ago

        Because those mutations change detox efficiencies.

        Not sure I understand the question!

  • chappy789 an hour ago

    ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret

    Lots of midwits, competent at one thing, think they are competent and wise in all things. Stick to computers.

      mapontosevenths a minute ago

      All smart people are curious about things outside their realms of expertise. Curiosity is one of the defining attributes of intelligence.

      The desire to discuss those things is also reasonable. Though I would agree that those without credentials should probably abstain from expressing any potentially harmful opinions when healthcare is involved, the freedom to ask questions or bring up interesting digressions is fundamental.