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11. Tylenol is not an opioid
Sun Sep 10, 2023, 03:42 PM
Sep 2023

It's a centrally acting non opioid pain reliever and fever reducer. While the complete pathway hasn't been mapped, it's not the opiate receptor pathway. It's also not a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug, it has no action on inflammation. It's an odd drug, big pharma has never been able to tweak it to get a similar drug on patent.

I don't take opiates at night even when I have them around. They do put you to sleep but it's pseudo sleep, not the deep restful sleep we need, meaning we wake up sleep deprived. Not good.

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