How can packaging innovations help to prevent accidental paracetamol overdose?

Jul 14, 2007 ... Two cases of unintentional paracetamol overdose are presented. Over a one month period these patients presented to an Accident and Emergency ( ... Comparing development of liver injury using the two versus three bag acetylcysteine regimen despite early treatment in paracetamol overdose. Paracetamol overdose is the commonest cause of intentional drug overdose in Britain, with an estimated 70,000 cases each year. Jan 11, 2025 ... Paracetamol is still the almost exclusive cause of liver transplantation related to acute drug overdose, with an average of one case per six million ... Sep 27, 2022 ... A: I took myself to hospital because I took a paracetamol overdose. Because I wanted to end my life. I'd wanted to end my life for about 4 ... This systematic review aims to describe the possible factors linked to paracetamol overdoses (intentional and/or accidental) in the adult and child populations ... Feb 24, 2022 ... The risk of oral paracetamol causing liver toxicity in adults with low bodyweight is recognised in the literature and in patient safety incident ... Sep 25, 2015 ... Dental pain is the single most common cause of acute medical admission secondary to unintentional paracetamol overdose. Nov 13, 2017 ... Plasma paracetamol concentration at hospital presentation has a dose-dependent relationship with liver injury despite prompt treatment with intravenous ... Sep 13, 2016 ... The impact factor for journals containing the top 100 cited paracetamol poisoning treatment articles ranged from 0.703 to 55.873. Twenty-eight ...