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Can Paracetamol Overdose Cause Death In A Person?
Hi, I was wondering how many paracetamol it would take to cause death? I m doing a class talk bout overdosing at school and I was wondering if you could help me out? I was also wondering if you could tell me what the most common drug used to overdose with is, thank you.
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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Paracetomol toxicity starts from 7.5 grms
Regarding death it depends upon liver status of individual,Age of individual,comorbid conditions like DM previous hep infections ,alchol intake and many more
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Paracetomol toxicity starts from 7.5 grms
Regarding death it depends upon liver status of individual,Age of individual,comorbid conditions like DM previous hep infections ,alchol intake and many more
Hope this guides you. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries.
If you do not have any clarifications, you can please close the discussion . Thank you.
Wishing you good health
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