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Q J Med 2002; 95: 831-832
© 2002 Association of Physicians

Correspondence

Paracetamol: balancing risk against benefit

P. Dargan and A. Jones

National Poisons Information Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London e-mail: paul.dargan@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk; alison.jones@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk

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Sir,

We were interested to read the article by Sheen et al. which raises the interesting issue of paracetamol poisoning.1 However, we are concerned that they conclude that ‘serious consideration should be given to changing the legal status of paracetamol, possibly to a prescription-only medicine’. The decision to use any analgesic is a balance of benefit and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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