As you know, acute liver failure is one of the more health-harming side effects of acetaminophen. Interestingly, incidents of acute liver failure caused by this over-the-counter (OTC) painkiller, according to a new study, are evenly split between attempted suicide and unintentional overdose.These numbers will surprise you:
- Cases of acute liver failure blamed on acetaminophen use rose sharply from 28 percent in 1998 to 51 percent five years later.
- More patients overdosed unintentionally on acetaminophen (48 percent).
- Sixty-three percent who accidentally overdosed used a prescription acetaminophen compound while 38 percent had been taking two acetaminophen meds at the same time.
- Some patients had been taking less than 4 grams of acetaminophen daily before their livers failed.
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