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Author: AN
• Thursday, October 30th, 2008
After almost dying from swallowing hydrogen peroxide, due to the advice of a popular health book, I shared with my family the Poison Control’s reaction to this health experiment. I did not quite get the sympathetic reaction I had hoped for (from them or Poison Control). I thought my friends were much more understanding and wrote this to my family, sharing a friend’s take on the incident. (Both this and the Tylenol bra injury made me much more aware of the need for warning labels that work. Manufacturers should think about how their products are used by all people. Also, best-selling books might want to check with poison control before they advise people to take something. However, that is just a personal opinion of mine- based on past experience.) Here’s the letter I wrote to my family-
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Dear Family,

Thank you for your concern with my recent brush with death. It meant a lot to me that a few days after I notified you all of keeling over, that some of you wrote back at how grateful you were that I hadn’t been killed. “Who would we make fun of and laugh about?” you wrote,”There’s no one ditzier than you; you are such an idiot you could make millions telling people about this-most people aren’t such total losers-you could actually become famous for messing up so bad!” Thank you for your support and confidence. It means a lot to know that my own family, those who know me best, believe in my airheadiness with such certainty and conviction.
Apparently it is not just family that cares about me and feels this way. Some of my friends have similar viewpoints. This Sunday, at Church, some friends of mine who had read my story came up to share their concern. more…

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Author: AN
• Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

After a sick, sleepless night I do want to propose new warning labels on bottles of hydrogen peroxide. Right now, this language is not included, so just consider yourself lucky and forewarned. It should read: IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION, CALL POISON CONTROL CENTER IMMEDIATELY. OR IF A BEST-SELLING BOOK ENCOURAGES YOU TO DRINK IT ON PURPOSE, ALSO CALL POISON CONTROL BUT KNOW THAT THEY WILL GET MAD AND MAKE FUN OF YOU IN THAT CASE.

As long as we are on the subject, I should also warn you that no bottle of Tylenol cautions you against putting it in your bra while you run a half marathon with friends. Whereby, it will melt and cause a burning rash that will last for years. Would you ever have thought?!!! I know I didn’t. Once again, if you are contemplating storing medicine in your bra, especially while in engaging in strenuous activity whereby it could melt-I urge you-DON’T!!!! It may seem as if you are being resourceful but the consequences are disastrous. I have been to the doctor twice to try to get healed and he can do nothing. Amazingly, this was also his first case of Tylenol bra burning, having had no previous patients with that ailment. He seemed surprised and not as enraged as I felt when you will notice that the bottles do not even suggest there could be a problem. Once again I just want to share this information with you so you do not have to make the same mistake. By the way, I am not joking-all the above is true-so seriously be careful. I do not want millions of people making my same mistakes. At least you have info to help prevent the above real life tragedies.

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