So when making medical decisions you should... not consider empirical evidence? n=1 is good enough when n is the only subject in question.
My n=1 experience with "tylenol" is that, even carefully prescribed, the use of acetaminophen can cause very severe problems when combined with pre-existing conditions and other medications.
No one told me that shit until I was in the ER 4 times.
Knowing how toxic it is, how potentially harmful the drug interactions can be, and how little evidence exists for its efficacy as a generic painkiller, I have no qualms saying that acetaminophen should be a highly regulated drug - Available to anyone who needs it per a doctors order certainly, but removed from all "consumer" products.
My n=1 experience with "tylenol" is that, even carefully prescribed, the use of acetaminophen can cause very severe problems when combined with pre-existing conditions and other medications.
No one told me that shit until I was in the ER 4 times.
Knowing how toxic it is, how potentially harmful the drug interactions can be, and how little evidence exists for its efficacy as a generic painkiller, I have no qualms saying that acetaminophen should be a highly regulated drug - Available to anyone who needs it per a doctors order certainly, but removed from all "consumer" products.