Comments on: Acetaminophen: Most common cause of acute liver failure in US http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/08/26/acetaminophen-most-common-cause-of-acute-liver-failure-in-us/ Posts and pointers on software, art, math, noise, and other obsessions... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:50:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Paul Mison http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/08/26/acetaminophen-most-common-cause-of-acute-liver-failure-in-us/#comment-3570 Paul Mison Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:14:36 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/08/26/acetaminophen-most-common-cause-of-acute-liver-failure-in-us/#comment-3570 In the UK, paracetamol (that name is universally used here) is now only available in packs of 16 or so tablets, a change that was introduced a decade or so ago to try to reduce the amount of impulsive suicide attempts with the drug. There are still problems with multiple medications containing the active ingredient, but I thought that you'd be interested in that factoid anyway. No source, but a bit of searching should turn it up. In the UK, paracetamol (that name is universally used here) is now only available in packs of 16 or so tablets, a change that was introduced a decade or so ago to try to reduce the amount of impulsive suicide attempts with the drug.

There are still problems with multiple medications containing the active ingredient, but I thought that you’d be interested in that factoid anyway. No source, but a bit of searching should turn it up.

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