Tylenol PM

dewey.bertolini · Post by **dewey.bertolini** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:31 pm

1 Tylenol PM tablet enables me to sleep throughout the night. Better than melatonin, or anything else that I have tried.

Any danger to taking 1 Tylenol PM every night?

PocketDragonFriend · Post by **PocketDragonFriend** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:18 pm

Before CPAP, my doctor recommended taking Benadryl (or Pamprin when the edema's bad) at night to help me sleep.

Since CPAP, I haven't had a chance to discuss whether this is still a good idea or not. Guess I ought to give her a call.

roster · Post by **roster** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:17 pm

dewey.bertolini wrote:1 Tylenol PM tablet enables me to sleep throughout the night. Better than melatonin, or anything else that I have tried.

Any danger to taking 1 Tylenol PM every night?

Probably not. But it is most likely the diphenhydramine (Benadryl) that causes you to sleep.

Why not buy Benadryl (generic diphenhydramine) and skip the acetaminophen in Tylenol PM? Acetaminophen affects liver functions and is bad in larger doses.

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:35 pm

Yup, what Rooster said.

With the added reassurance that one dose of, what is it? 500 mg of acetaminophen a day is not going to harm your liver and is less risky than Excedrin PM.

Excedrin is an NSAID and more likely to irritate or harm the digestive tract and has the same "sleep" ingredient as Tylenol PM.

I have Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, and am not allowed to take NSAIDs nor aspirin. We are advised to take Tylenol instead as being more safe.

jsmythe · Post by **jsmythe** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:17 pm

Wasnt it in a post on here somewhere that I read, the PM in Tylenol is Benedryl?
I am sure that I read it somewhere on here, but I could be mistaken...

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:21 pm

Yep, yer right, JSmythe.

RickinNH · Post by **RickinNH** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:03 pm

My concern might be that there would be a "rebound" effect to my sinus cavity. Like when I used a nasal spray (Afrin) too often, when I go cold turkey the sinus congestion gets worse than ever. Not sure if it would happen from long term use of Benadryl, but I suppose it is possible.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:24 am

If you take enough for long enough (and I'm not sure one a night qualifies at all) you're likely to end up with 'rebound' headaches (side effect) and/or liver disease (highly unlikely in your case.

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