Paracetamol poisonings have jumped 44% in 10 years. We must change how it’s sold | Rose Cairns for the Conversation

By Rose Cairns for the Conversation

It’s the No 1 pharmaceutical Australian poisons centres receive calls about

Most of us take paracetamol every now and again to reduce pain or fever. As far as medications go, it’s one we’re unlikely to associate with harm.

But in a study published on Monday in the Medical Journal of Australia, my colleagues and I reveal a concerning increase in paracetamol poisonings, and resulting liver damage, in Australia over the last decade.

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