is 3250 mg of acetaminophen lethal?

Question

How long will it take for it to actually start to have an effect. For instance if I were to take all 3250mg at say 2:30 am how long would i be alive for before i needed to go to the hospital

How long will it take for it to actually start to have an effect. For instance if I were to take all 3250mg at say 2:30 am how long would i be alive for before i needed to go to the hospital im not suicidal i have a friend who has exactly 10 325mg pills and they say they are gunna take it so i need to know how long i have to get them to the hospital if they do take them

Answer 1

NO! 3250 mg of acetaminophen IS NOT at all lethal. Considered as lethal or toxic dose is when 12 gms (12000 mg) or more is taken at once. That would be 24 tablets of acetaminophen (500 mg each) or more.

With 3250 mg of acetaminophen from 10 pills or capsules, nothing serious will happen. Possibly it can result to some degree of liver impairment and nothing much. However, as acetaminophen that comes as 325 mg is usually in combination of other active ingredients such as CODEINE, that combined active ingredients when taken in 10 pills or capsule could be lethal. For example a medicine called "FIORICET with CODEINE" has combination of acetaminophen 325 mg, caffeine 40 mg., butalbital 50 mg, and codeine 30 mg. Lethal dose from codeine needs 8 capsules of such medicines, while lethal dose from other ingredients require about 20-30 capsules.

So the toxicity of the 10 pills taken depends on other combined ingredients. If indeed there is codeine 30 mg in each, toxic dose can result with 240 mg. Central nervous depression is the worst effect and can possibly lead to death (within few hours if it gets to be worse effects) if not treated promptly. Others may be a bit resistant and will have terrible side effects but won't end up dying. Combined effects of the rest of the ingredients can also make the situation worse, so much more if there is any amount of alcohol intake involved.

Back to your question anyway, toxic dose of acetaminophen requires 12 gm or more, lethal effects may result from a dose of 15 gm or more. Death however will not result in an instant. Stages of liver damages and consequent events take some time before ending up with death.

If your friend indeed had taken such overdose, call any poison center or take your friend to the hospital at once, there is no time to waste. The time needed to get the lethal effects is not a matter of experiment.

Answer 2

Lethal Dose Of Acetaminophen

Answer 3

That,s an odd #. But if your talking just plain acetaminophen without the codien, then at the 325 mg, thats 10 pills, so not to lethal, & at 500 mgs thats 6.5 pills, still not to lethal. But now if your taking the ones with codiene than both, can either make you very sick, or a little bit high& keep you awake, as the also have caffine in them.

Answer 4

Lethal Dose Of Tylenol

Answer 5

yes

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taking that much mg of acetaminophen could cause poisoning. that much mg taken can take effect in less than one hour

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Answer 7

If your friend takes 10 you need to get them to the hospital straight away! It's the delay in seeking treatment that causes the damage....They need a stomach pump and an antidote!

Answer 8

yah right a ''friend'' don't commit suicide!