Taking a little bit by a little bit and then continuing taking extra of pain reliever acetaminophen or paracetamol (i.e., Tylenol) which also called as staggered overdoses can have side effects of liver failure and fatally death. The study was conducted by Dr Kenneth Simpson and later published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Using research sample of 663 patients who went for treatment at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh between 1992 and 2008, the research team found 161 patients (24.3%) had taken extra pain reliever for curing headache and toothache. The team crunched data at the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Liver Transplantation Unit.
Medical experts warned that taking extra paracetamol over time can increase chance of overdose. The staggered overdoses can put a patient at danger of liver failure and fatally death. This type of situation can be more fatal than people who taking pain reliever one time overdoses.
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