Have I missed something about tylenol?

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I have heard that tylenol can cause ear problems...I never thought that this was the case...I always considered aspirin to be a drug that could cause ear damage..has anyone heard that about tylenol,thanks!!:confused:

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Specializes in Health Information Management.

Where on earth did you hear that??

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Google Tylenol or acetaminophen and "hearing loss" and many links will come up.

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Specializes in ED, OR, SAF, Corrections.

March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Medicine published a study linking men who take aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen regularly being at increased risk of hearing loss.

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Specializes in Health Information Management.

Got it! I'd heard about the NSAIDs causing those problems, but I hadn't heard acetaminophen was involved as well. Yikes.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU; PED'S; SURGERY; MED/SURG; NEURO.

men just have selective hearing..LOL..so why just men and not women ? As far as I know that part of our anatomy isn't selective...:yeah:

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Goggle Tylenol or acetaminophen and "hearing loss" and many links will come up.

Sigh. Why even have licensed nurses?

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Originally Posted by rn/writer viewpost.gif

Google Tylenol or acetaminophen and "hearing loss" and many links will come up.

Sigh. Why even have licensed nurses?

Not sure what you mean by your comment. Can you explain, please?

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Originally Posted by rn/writer viewpost.gif

Google Tylenol or acetaminophen and "hearing loss" and many links will come up.

Not sure what you mean by your comment. Can you explain, please?

I think that was their way of saying Google isn't the end all be all, and that Google can be a dangerous things in the hands of the public and / or healthcare professionals when they start self treating.

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Google any drug with almost any side effect and a link will come up, becasue someone somewhere belives its true.

As to tylenol and hearing loss I have no idea if that is correct.

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men just have selective hearing..LOL..so why just men and not women ? As far as I know that part of our anatomy isn't selective...:yeah:

Haha, thanks for the laugh. I totally agree with that! :lol2:

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Specializes in ER, Trauma.

I've never heard of Tylenol causing hearing loss, but then I use Tylenol regularly.

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