SMIB wrote:yeah, i know.
I was just pointing out that the opioids are also very damaging to the liver. Unfortunately I know way too much about this
crap.
No, no they aren't. They are substances that are already heavily utilized by your nervous system, and your liver can easily metabolize a fatal dose and then a couple more fatal doses without sustaining damage. Does it make your liver carry out a metabolic process? Yes. Is that process damaging? Not in the slightest.
You could literally superdose morphine or any other natural or synthetic opiate daily to the point of coma, have a doctor keep you alive via artificial respiration, and come out with a squeaky clean liver.
The NSAIDs (that are paired with opiates specifically to deter their abuse by junkies), coupled with the very real addictiveness and abuse potential for opiates, are wholly responsible for painkiller induced liver failure. Gotta keep those medical cogs rolling so the dollars keep streaming in. Vicodin is the single most prescribed medication in the entirety of the US.
Seriously, go find someone with chronic liver disease and ask them what they take for pain relief. It WILL be an opiate, just with no adulterants, for example methadone, morphine, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, oxycodone, etc., where the pill is opiate and binder only.