Paracetamol is a popular analgesic medication used to relieve shortness of breath, fever, or mild pain. Previous recommendations by the FDA safe dose of paracetamol mengonsumsi not more than 4000 mg in 24 hours for adults and children aged above 12 years.
Unfortunately because of the drugs including paracetamol easily obtained, either deliberately overdosis drugs or does not happen often. For example, the person with arthritis or painful joints that easily overdosis experience when he mengonsumsi drugs arthrtitis every 4 or 6 hours of pain remover plus other drugs containing paracetamol and are usually sold freely. Painful joints such as drugs containing tylenol 325 mg paracetamol and 500 mg for the type of extra strong.
For many years consumers feel secure in choosing drugs as paracetamol pereda pain. With different types of painkiller ibuprofen or asetosal (asetilsalisilat acid), paracetamol does not cause inflammation. Therefore, this drug is often considered to be safe.
But the fact, recent studies show high doses in the paracetamol can cause liver damage, even death.
To menghidari side effects, the lower the dose the FDA safe paracetamol, ie, 3250 mg for adults (some experts believe this dose is still too high) and not to dose more than 650 mg.
In addition, because the combination of paracetamol and alcohol can poison the liver, the person who mengonsumsi more than three alcoholic drinks a glass recommended to reduce the dose of paracetamol Feed usual.
Consumers are also expected cautious over possible dose mengonsumsi because some types of medication containing paracetamol at the same time to reduce symptoms such as fever, headache, sore menstruasi, or influenza.
