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Paracetamol is also a leader in deadly prescription drug overdoses.

• rejectfinite 4y ago
  This is because of Percocet and Tramadol that combine opiates and paracetamol. Paracetamol is easy to overdose on because the opiate is lower in those. paracetamol is perscription free.
  • Galaxity 4y ago
    Tramadol is the opiate itself, it does not have paracetamol. There are other brand pills that contain both. Paracetamol does not contain an opiate. It is a different substance from opiates. It is, however, dangerous to the liver in large amounts.
• Mikeb85 4y ago
  Because it affects the liver thus large quantities are dangerous and having it with alcohol is dangerous. This is why ibuprofen is so miraculous; you can take it with alcohol lol.
• pessimizer 4y ago
  > Paracetamol poisoning is the foremost cause of acute liver failure in the Western world, and accounts for most drug overdoses in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol > Analysis of national mortality files shows about 450 deaths occur each year from acetaminophen-associated overdoses; 100 of these are unintentional. https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/11/tylenol-far-most-dangerous-drug-ever-made-11711 https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/11/tylenol-far-most-danger... edit: https://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-use-only-as-directed https://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-use-on...