Local doctor warns about overdoses from common OTC medication
By Catherine Richard
In a recent interview, a local doctor drew attention to a very common over-the-counter medication that results in thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths every year.
The culprit is nothing other than acetaminophen.
While it has good safety profile when taken properly, slightly higher doses could cause liver toxicity.
“The therapeutic dose of acetaminophen and the toxic dose of acetaminophen are not that far off from one another,” said Dr. Richard Neel, MD, MPH.
According to one study published in 2023 by the National Library of Medicine, acetaminophen is the second leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
Furthermore, on a yearly basis, overdoses account…
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