medicine overdose!?

Question

earlier today i took tylenol for a headache cuz i have a cold. i took 6 and i had diarhea today and cramps. i fainted on the bathroom floor for five seconds. then i drank water and now im resting. i took 500mg. please i didnt know better. i thought it meant 6 tablets at once. im 95 pounds.

Answer 1

this definitely shouldn't be enough to cause damage in the average person, HOWEVER not everyone metabolizes medications at the same rate. this is not where you should be seeking answers. call your local drug safety hotline immediately, and if you don't know what the number is, you may want to call 911 and at least explain the situation. Given that you've fainted, there's definitely something wrong; it may however be the illness that's causing these symptoms and not the meds!

Answer 2

How is it that you took 6 and only had 500 mgs? Extra Strength Tylenol is usually 200 mgs each. Hopefully you took Children's Tylenol and then 6 of them wouldn't be so bad. Tylenol is processed through the liver. In excess, it can cause liver damage. If you're sure you only ingested 500 mgs, then you will recover. If you took 6 at 200 mgs each, you need to see a doctor immediately to determine the amount of damage your liver has suffered. The good news is, if you don't continue to assault your liver, it will recover. Don't do that again. Liver damage is sometimes fatal. Only take the recommended dose on the bottle.

Answer 3

i donno, i may have almost overdosed once, popped a pill before entering my ketamine high. as im coming off of ketamine, the pill kicks in. had crazy panic attacks, my heart was 120bps, really high blood pressure, 160 over 110. i felt dissy, faint. all i could do was just ride it. i knew this wasn't mdma high at all. had to keep my self awake, cause if i went to sleep my heart would have stopped for sure. took like 4-5 hours to get back to being normal. wouldn't really want to experience that ever again. after reading some other articles, herion seems to be the less painfull then the rest! ive never done it, will never try it! watching docs kinda scared me from even touching that ****. or shooting up in general! now and days i just work out, and enjoy the natural high from it, followed by a pint afterwards! hehe

Answer 4

You need to call poison control and check with them since you didn't say when you took the med and after you get of the phone with poison control you need to go to urgent care and get checked out. You do not get dirrhea with a cold and you stated you fainted so something else is going on.

Answer 5

You need to go to your doctor or to the ER. You might have damaged your liver by taking too much. If your bowel movements look "clay" colored then you do have liver damage and need an ER.

Don't take that much again! Tylenol overdoses are one of the most damaging if it doesn't kill you.

Answer 6

HI,
NORMALLY JUST A REGULAR STRENGTH 325mg IS FINE IF THAT DOESN'T DO THE JOB THEN TAKING 1 500mg IS APPROPRIATE. USUALLY TAKING 1 TABLET EVERY 4-6 HOURS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

Answer 7

You better see your doctor--tylenol can cause liver failure--your dose sounds way too high for a 95 lb person...do not take anymore and see your doctor.

Answer 8

Please, please, please, be very careful with Tylenol. It is quite toxic to your liver and it can kill you fairly easily.
You obviously took too much. Lesson learned, I hope.
There are "antidotes" but they wouldn't do much good now.
Wish I had read your post immediately.
Go to your health care practitioner and explain what happened. He/she may want to run a liver panel test.
Good luck

Answer 9

You should of read the directions.

Answer 10

overall that was a bad idea.....and well........you are pretty much screwed!!!!!