PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Natural Health Product, Tylenol (Brand), Paracetamol
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Lesson 13 -natural health products & over-the-counter drugs. Over the counter drugs: very safe if taken at correct dose, follow directions, do not require prescription, cleared many regulatory hurdles. Tylenol, advil, ibuprofin, aspirin, cough & cold meds. Natural health products (aka dietary supplements: not passed through effectiveness training required for drugs. 13. 1 otc drugs & otc vs prescription drugs: otc analgesics, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid. P450 levels: potential for liver toxicity when tylenol and alcohol used together. Ibuprofen irritates the stomach lining: potential for gastric bleeding when ibuprofen and alcohol are used, unofficial non-medical answer for best analgesic for hangover: none together. Otc pain med use among university students past month: medical purpose: 70, recreational purpose: 2% 13. 2 natural health products & some natural health products have psychoactive. Properties: drug: marketed to specific disease, natural health product: marketed to maintain good health, efficacy = , require some evidence that it works, not by much & not very scientific.
