Continued small overdose kills more than single overdose: study
(NEWSER) - When the label says not to exceed 5 tablets in 24 hours, take it seriously. Tylenol may seem innocuous, but a repeated slight overdose of the drug can be life-threatening, a study finds. In what’s known as a “staggered overdose,” people take a little too much of a medication over an extended period of time—a few days, for example. Such overdoses can be tough for doctors to detect. Researchers found that staggered overdoses of acetaminophen (or paracetamol), the key ingredient in Tylenol and similar drugs, were deadlier than single overdoses, LiveScience reports. More»
