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Should methionine be added to every paracetamol tablet?

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: Paracetamol is commonly used for self poisoning, and the costs of treating the resulting liver failure in the few who develop it are high. The morbidity could be avoided by adding methionine to paracetamol tablets, but this would mean that the millions of people who take paracetamol responsibly would have to take methionine unnecessarily. Alison Jones and colleagues and Edward Krenzelok debate the issue.

Source: Research Online (University of Wollongong)

Authors: Alison Jones (20120838), P C Hayes (20211402), A T Proudfoot (20211390), J A Vale (20211405), L F Prescott (20211387)

Language: English

Topic: Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

Subfield: Pharmacology

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7073605419

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