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by tcoff91 974 days ago
I'm pretty sure you have it backwards. Tylenol/Acetaminophen is quite hard on the liver.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/acetaminophen_....

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This is misleading. Tylenol in therapeutic dosages does not seem to have much ill effect on the liver, it is not like alcohols or other direct liver toxins. Even people with advanced stage liver disease can receive acetaminophen. When it becomes toxic at supratherapeutic doses it is very toxic.