What's new at The Loft - Episode 80

Macro 3.6.5. Challenge

Acetaminophen Caplets

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Acetaminophen is a widely used over-the-counter analgesic (pain reliever) and antipyretic (fever reducer). It is commonly used for the relief of headaches, other minor aches and pains, and is a major ingredient in numerous cold and flu remedies. In combination with opioid analgesics, it can also be used in the management of more severe pain such as post surgical pain and providing palliative care in advanced cancer patients.

While generally safe for use at recommended doses acute overdoses of Acetaminophen can cause potentially fatal liver damage and, in rare individuals, a normal dose can do the same; the risk is heightened by alcohol consumption. Acetaminophen toxicity 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.

Acetaminophen was first marketed in the United States in 1953 by Sterling-Winthrop Co., which promoted it as preferable to aspirin since it was safe to take for children and people with ulcers.
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