Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Aug 2002
The effect of regular medication on the outcome of paracetamol poisoning.
Patients admitted with paracetamol overdose frequently receive one or more types of regular medication that may affect the outcome of the paracetamol intoxication. ⋯ Regular medication with psychotropic medication, analgesics, oral contraceptives, beta-agonists or anticonvulsants was frequent in patients admitted with paracetamol poisoning. Medication with opioid analgesics was associated with a significantly increased incidence of hepatic dysfunction, whereas the other medications did not appear to affect the outcome of the paracetamol intoxication.