**Reminder of the daily maximum recommended reduction

The Associated Press reported a few days ago that the US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced that from the fourth quarter of this year, the daily maximum recommended dose of Tylenol (common name “Phenomemidine Tablets”) was reduced from 4000 mg to 3000 mg.

Tylenol is an over-the-counter cold medicine produced by Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. As one of the commonly used antipyretic analgesics, Tylenol is similar to dozens of commonly used antipyretics such as daytime and nighttime antipyretics and net antipyretics. The main components are paracetamol (ie, "paracetamol"). The clinical safety of Tylenol is generally reliable, but it has not been uncommon in recent years for cases of adverse reactions such as liver damage. The reason is mainly overdosage. Therefore, Johnson & Johnson decided to reduce the daily maximum recommended value of Tylenol.

Excessive use of Tylenol reflects a significant proportion of patients lacking the correct knowledge of medication. One is that you can rush to use drugs when you are not taking drugs. Like a common cold fever, if the body temperature is less than 38 degrees Celsius, it is best to use physical cooling methods such as warm water or dilute alcohol sponge bath, and clinically do not advocate medication. Even if the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, physical cooling at the same time as taking the antipyretic drugs can reduce the amount of the drug. However, some patients are eager to use drugs when they are hot. The result is that they should also be used when they should not be used. The second is expecting medication "immediately." Some patients always think that medicines that can “immediately see” are good medicines. After they are not effective at the time, they will repeat the medication on their own, resulting in excessive doses. In particular, when infants and young children are sick, parents can feel distressed when they see their child having a fever. When they eat an antipyretic drug, they are “not effective.” In fact, about half an hour after taking the drug, the drug effect can be shown. If you are overdone, you can easily reduce the body temperature too much and cause health damage. The third is to combine the use of similar drugs to "strong effect." Some people eat the same two or more medicines to make the medicines "strong." As everyone knows, the effect of the same drugs, similar ingredients, several drugs with the service, is equivalent to overdose medication, it is easy to cause drug poisoning.

The daily maximum recommended amount of Tylenol was reduced to give us a warning. We must strictly follow the dose and take drugs. We should neither blindly increase the dose nor blindly pursue the efficacy of "immediate effect," and we must not use drugs for the purpose of achieving "strong effect." In order to avoid drug poisoning.