Paracetamol can leave without kidneys

Receiving a few extra paracetamol tablets a day for a long time can cause a dangerous overdose that could lead to serious health problems and even death. This is the conclusion, researchers from the University of Edinburgh.

An overdose of acetaminophen - the main reason Acute renal failure   In Great Britain. Generally, it develops after patients take too many pills at one time. But now doctors have expressed concern about the health and those people who are slightly wrong with the dose. If this happens for a long time, in humans overdosed the cumulative effect is even more tragic consequences.

Brought to the hospital, patients with a single overdose of paracetamol can be saved as doctors to analyze blood immediately see the amount of drug in the body and, therefore, may save the liver. But people who have to deal with chronic pain regularly exceed the maximum recommended dose of paracetamol in eight tablets of 500 mg per day, usually just complain to doctors malaise, not to mention about the fascination with medicine.

Although paracetamol overdose, in this case causing the same devastating blow to the body in the form Acute renal failure Blood tests show only negligible amount of drug in the body. Consequently, doctors can simply overlook the problem. Without proper and prompt treatment, it can cause complications, dangerous to human life.

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