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How Do You Counteract The Affects Of Tylenol And Codeine Mixed With Alcohol?
How do you counteract tylenol and codeine when it is mixed or taken with alcohol (hard liquor not beer). No one has taken any but just curious because my wife usually has a shot or two as a night cap and is currently on codeine for pain.
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Well, I’m sorry but the best way to counteract the effects is not pretty. It involves a trip to the ER for either a nice charcoal “shake” or a good stomach pump. If your wife is on Tylenol w/ codeine right now the best thing would be if she would read the warnings on her prescription bottle and give up the night caps until her condition does not require medication. What would she do if she were on antibiotics, then she would have to abstain?
1 more thing….. When these 2 are mixed you may not recognize the signs of an overdose until it were too late, because they both depress breathing and she could just drift off to sleep and you wouldn’t think anything of it for awhile.
Which effects? Nausea and vomiting is usually self-limited, and to a large degree (at least acutely) so is dysphoria. Mild respiratory depression usually responds to minor stimulation, even talking. More severe degrees may need a reversal agent like naloxone if available or even mechanical ventilation. None of this is likely to be a big problem if the amounts of the drugs are reasonable.
walk it off
tylenol is excreted via the liver. alcohol the same. codeine is a pain medicine and alcohol can intensify the effects thus making someone drowsier etc. if taken in excess tylenol can damage the liver. the medication mucomyst is used for tylenol overdose. narcan reverses .medicinal charcoal is also used for overdoses.
Mixing the two is not a good idea.
Just enjoy the codeine while the prescription lasts
There really is no way to counteract it, prevention is key. Or else you could end up making a lovely trip to the emergency room…not fun.
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