What are the key principles of harm reduction in the context of medication overdose?

Paracetamol is the most common medicine that is taken as an overdose. It can lead to liver failure in just a few days, even if medication is given to protect ... The SNAP (Scottish & Newcastle Acetylcysteine Protocol)-12 protocol is preferred over the classic 21-hour regimen for intravenous N-acetylcysteine (NAC) ... Mar 18, 2022 ... Comments. 92. Hi, my friend took 20 paracetamols and experienced extreme liver pain and vomiting/nausea etc. This was months ago and she has had ... Jul 2, 2024 ... We present a case of acute kidney injury without hepatotoxicity in paracetamol overdose. A 15-year-old girl was admitted 48 h after she had taken 10 g of ... Acetylcysteine IV (N-acetylcysteine, Parvolex®, NAC) is the treatment of choice. It has near 100% efficacy in preventing paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity if ... NOTE: This protocol differs from advice on TOXBASE, however the general paracetamol overdose guidance still applies. Please ensure the EDLs/IDLs are given a ... Mar 25, 2025 ... Baby critical after paracetamol overdose in hospital ... Ahad Ul Hassan A young baby looks at the camera. He has dark brown hair ... An eight-week- ... Patients are often asymptomatic or have only mild gastrointestinal symptoms at initial presentation. Untreated paracetamol poisoning may cause varying degrees ... Apr 24, 1993 ... Letter. Kidney donation after paracetamol overdose. British Medical Journal 1993; 306 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.306.6885.1129-a ... Aims/Objectives/Background Paracetamol overdose is the most common drug overdose in the UK. The standard treatment of Paracetamol toxicity is intravenous N ...