midlifebear
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The 222's come packaged under a couple of names, but the numbers stand for 2 grains of codein, 2 grains of acetometaphin, and 2 grains or caffeine. The idea that one can get "loaded" on them is a myth. If you did take enough of them to try, you'd quickly blow chunks as well as be as irritable as rat on crack. However, they are good when you have a bad head cold, the flu, or general arthritic pain.
What I find incredible is how many people have decided that Tylenol (acetometaphin) is so much safer than aspirin or other OTC analgesics. Two OTC Tylenol and a couple of glasses of wine (or any alcoholic beverage) is enough to cause permanent liver damage. The liver is famous for constantly regrowing and recovering from chemical insults, but Tylenol in combination with alchohol causes a substantial number of deaths each year from liver failure. Of course, the pharmaceutical company that makes Tylenol has bought off the USA's FDA to ensure nothing is ever done. There are more benign, helpful medications which have an almost 0 incidence of complications that the FDA refuses to be sold with or without a prescription in the USA.
What I find incredible is how many people have decided that Tylenol (acetometaphin) is so much safer than aspirin or other OTC analgesics. Two OTC Tylenol and a couple of glasses of wine (or any alcoholic beverage) is enough to cause permanent liver damage. The liver is famous for constantly regrowing and recovering from chemical insults, but Tylenol in combination with alchohol causes a substantial number of deaths each year from liver failure. Of course, the pharmaceutical company that makes Tylenol has bought off the USA's FDA to ensure nothing is ever done. There are more benign, helpful medications which have an almost 0 incidence of complications that the FDA refuses to be sold with or without a prescription in the USA.
