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Overdosing on cold and flu remedies
by Dr J Tan, on 20 January 2012, Cold & Flu
A few weeks ago, a study was published highlighting the risk of unintentional overdose with the use of cold remedies containing paracetamol. [1]
Researchers at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary looked at data on 663 patients admitted to the hospital with liver damage caused by paracetamol. Of these, an astonishing 161 patients were found to have what is known as ‘staggered overdose’ – they had taken too many doses of paracetamol or paracetamol containing medicines to treat specific problems, including colds & flu, and had unintentionally overdosed on paracetamol.