The safety profile of sustained release paracetamol during therapeutic use and following overdose

Drug Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1045-1056

  Dart, Richard C ^a   Green, Jody L ^a   Bogdan, Gregory M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INFUSION FLUID; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; NYQUIL; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZOPICLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGITATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSTONIA; EMBASE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INFLUENZA; INGESTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POISON CENTER; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DATABASES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; SAFETY;

EID: 26944461216     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 01145916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200528110-00005     Document Type: Review

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