Friday Jul 03, 2009By Beck Vass
Medsafe group manager Dr Stewart Jessamine said the number of tablets in each packet and the strength of the drug were lower in New Zealand than in the United States. Photo / NZ Herald
Your Views Are you concerned about health warnings for paracetamol?
Use of New Zealand's most widely taken painkiller, paracetamol, is being reviewed because of concerns in the United States about side-effects that include liver damage.
Three advisory committees have advised the US Food and Drug Administration to reduce the single maximum dose of the common painkiller - known in the US as acetaminophen - from 1000mg to 650mg.
~~~~~~~~~Overdosing on paracetamol could lead to liver damage or failure and people didn't realise how harmful it could be.
"It is a gruesome way to die."
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