Comments on: FDA may ban key pain killers http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/07/fda-may-ban-key-pain-killers/ The site for news and information for the disabled community Mon, 24 May 2010 22:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vince http://www.spinalcordresources.com/2009/07/fda-may-ban-key-pain-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Vince Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:03:22 +0000 http://www.spinalcordresources.com/?p=498#comment-3323 It took over 50 years, to break the media/AMA blockage of this information (although it is still kind of played down by the media)... Lancet (The British Medical Journal ) Published the information, some time ago, but you had to take two links, to get to 'Tylenol'. Tylenol was NOT mentioned in the article, which listed acetaminophen as the greatest cause of liver failure in the world (at that time). A rate higher than Alcohol. Going to all links in the article would not lead you to Tylenol... Only subsequent links, or searches got you there. Even recently, doctors pushed Tylenol over Aspirin, even though most of the aspirin fears stem from the publicity campaign started by Tylenol in the late 50s, most still not quite substantiated. (Most people who 'react' to aspirin are probably part of the 20% of the population subject to anything they hear about being bad for some, is bad for them. (Put in the paper that your drinking water might be bad for you, and immediately 20% of town will get sick, not the expected 2-3% who really might.) Still not much in media about plastic bottled water... Since that is a real cash cow, now. It took over 50 years, to break the media/AMA blockage of this information (although it is still kind of played down by the media)…

Lancet (The British Medical Journal ) Published the information, some time ago, but you had to take two links, to get to ‘Tylenol’. Tylenol was NOT mentioned in the article, which listed acetaminophen as the greatest cause of liver failure in the world (at that time). A rate higher than Alcohol.

Going to all links in the article would not lead you to Tylenol… Only subsequent links, or searches got you there.

Even recently, doctors pushed Tylenol over Aspirin, even though most of the aspirin fears stem from the publicity campaign started by Tylenol in the late 50s, most still not quite substantiated. (Most people who ‘react’ to aspirin are probably part of the 20% of the population subject to anything they hear about being bad for some, is bad for them. (Put in the paper that your drinking water might be bad for you, and immediately 20% of town will get sick, not the expected 2-3% who really might.)

Still not much in media about plastic bottled water… Since that is a real cash cow, now.

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