# Man, NyQuil is damned good!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170 "2003-12-01T03:18:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170/41 "2003-12-02T19:42:41Z")

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And here I thought Theraflu was the shit.

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**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170/42 "2003-12-02T19:55:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by quietman1920 \*  
> \*\*Nyquill, since they changed the formula, leaves me unable to sleep for the most part. When I can sleep, I get weird “Peter Max Meets Picasso in Hell” dreams. You’d be better off with a dose of Robitussin and a double of single-malt Scotch. \*\*

This happens to me too. I’m slogging through a cold right now and after taking some NyQuil last night I spent hour upon hour dreaming about American Idol. Not just any American Idol, but an American Idol show where Ruben and Clay got into a wrestling match. Needless to say Ruben was crushing Clay, but Madonna came out of the audience and broke up the fight. Not weird enough? Sometime during the fight I realized that Ruben was actually a fat guy from ESPN’s The Sports Reporters, and I kept trying to point this out to everyone but no one listened. The worst part is that except for Madonna I have only a vague idea of who any of those characters in my dream were, I mean I’ve never watched American Idol, and rarely The Sports Reporters. I’ll be taking something else tonight.

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**Author:** ![Stover9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stover9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stover9)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170/43 "2003-12-02T22:25:50Z")

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I believe a full dose of NyQuil contains 1000mg of Acetaminophen - which is TYLENOL. . .many people don’t know this but mixing Tylenol with Alcohol can damage your liver exponentially. A regular tylenol is 250mg - extra strength 500mg. If you fill up the little plastic cup, I think you’re getting 1000mg of tylenol so if you come home drunk and sick - don’t mix it with nyquil. . .it’s baaad for you . . .type tylenol and alcohol, or acetaminophen and alcohol into google and see what you get. I heard that the FDA is going to start putting warning labels on stuff and also heard that some people’s livers completely quit when taking combination medications that all contained tylenol (how were they supposed to know when it says “acetaminophen” on the label???) and drank with it. . .okay enough of that sorry. …

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**Author:** ![Kent4mmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@Kent4mmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent4mmy)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-nyquil-is-damned-good/216170/44 "2003-12-03T15:42:32Z")

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Cecil’s thoughts on the Tylenol/alcohol combo:

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000929.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000929.html)

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