[jambalaya8]

It appears his wife took under that threshold and only for a few days. 4000mg is roughly 8-10 otc painkillers in a day (depending on the brand).

That said, everyone's physical ability to metabolise drugs is different. I might worry something else was wrong, or at least get a followup test done later, if her liver tox screen showed that, just to rule out another cause.

[cykros]

Everyone's ability to metabolize drugs being different has a lot to do with why the labels end up advising less than is effective for many people. Dextromethorphan surely is NOT ineffective, but at 2 tsp, yea, it aint gonna do much of anything (unless you're CYP2D6 deficient -- then, it may still do a LOT depending on how deficient).

[looptylou]

You're right: metabolisms vary. This is why I don't dance with the 4 gram limit, even though (insanely) post-op instructions regularly advise you to.

[inigyou]

Out of context on the /comments page, one might think you are talking about completely different substances, heh.