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Should methionine be added to every paracetamol tablet?

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posted on 2024-11-14, 20:52 authored by Alison Jones, P C Hayes, A T Proudfoot, J A Vale, L F Prescott
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.

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Jones, A. L., Hayes, P. C., Proudfoot, A. T., Vale, J. A. & Prescott, L. F. (1997). Should methionine be added to every paracetamol tablet?. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 315 (7103), 301-303.

Journal title

BMJ

Volume

315

Issue

7103

Pagination

301-303

Language

English

RIS ID

62479

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