is it true if i take 2 tylenol and a vitamin E before i drink i wont get a hangover?

Answer 1

Tylenol with alcohol can cause fulminant liver failure (instant liver failure). Be careful. If you have to drink, drink moderately or suffer the consequences of a hangover, because it will be mild compared to dying from liver failure. I work with a liver disease support group.

Answer 2

Not necesicarily. As a matter of fact it is dangerous to mix alchohol and acetaminophen,the active ingredient in Tylenol. doing so is a recipie for liver failure. Furthermore, vitamin e isn't going to do anything. A hangover is essentialy dehydration. The way to avoid one is to make sure that you keep hydrated during the night so for every two drinks you consume, drink an eight ounce glass of water. Vitamin B helps as well, because it makes your liver run wide open so that you process the alchohol as fast as possible.

As always don't drink and drive.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. In fact, it is extremely dangerous to mix Tylenol and alcohol--it can cause liver failure and death--instantly, in some cases.

Here's some info to consider:

Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure, even if we leave alcohol out of the picture. According to one study, it accounts for 20 percent of cases (Schiodt et al, Liver Transplantation and Surgery, January 1999) An as-yet-unpublished follow-up puts the number even higher--30 percent. Acute liver failure isn't that common. Still, 70,000 cases of acetaminophen toxicity are reported each year.

The real problem with drugs like Tylenol is that the difference between a therapeutic (that is, medically effective) dose and a toxic one is surprisingly small. In adults the maximum safe dosage is four grams (eight 500-milligram tablets) over a 24-hour period. The toxic dose is a mere seven grams taken all at once.

You can make the margin even thinner by drinking too much and eating too little. I'll spare you the biochemistry, but basically acetaminophen and alcohol in combination overwhelm the liver's ability to remove toxins from your bloodstream. At the same time, starving yourself reduces the liver's output of glutathione, a natural detoxicant produced in response to food.

The upshot is that heavy drinkers (two or more drinks per day) who don't eat can suffer worse liver damage from Tylenol than people who OD on purpose. Of 71 patients treated at a Dallas medical center for acetaminophen overdose, 50 were attempted suicides and 21 were victims of an accidental overdose (Schiodt et al, New England Journal of Medicine, October 1997). The would-be suicides on average took twice as much of the drug as the accidental victims. Yet far more of the latter went into a coma (seven versus three) and died (four versus one). Why? Because most of the accidental victims were alcoholics. Five people--three accidental victims, two attempted suicides--overdosed on less than four grams, the claimed safe dosage for 24 hours.

It's not clear from the medical literature what happens if you take acetaminophen after a one-time bender (as opposed to chronic alcohol abuse). But don't substitute some other painkiller--aspirin and ibuprofen can have side effects too. Better to be suffering than dead.

Answer 4

hell no you are just going to ruin your liver-try drinking plenty of water BEFORE you drink-that seems to help-the only reason why you have a hangover is due to dehydration

Answer 5

Nope, the only way to avoid a hangover is to avoid getting drunk.

Answer 6

Not necessarily. It all depends on how much and how long you drink. If you really tie one on, you'll have to suffer the consequences.