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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
Paracetamol is safe if you don't take an overdose. No shock there.....
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Destruction of one's liver for a slight overdose seems like far too big a risk, especially when it's just for a hangover. You don't necessarily even need to overdose if you've got Alcohol in your blood, in which case the maximum daily intake needs to be halved. Not many people know that, but they should given that it could take their liver out. Coffee also elevates the levels of paracetamol-induced liver toxins, so brings down the maximum safe daily dosage.
http://howto.yellow.co.nz/health-nut...u-should-know/
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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
Aspirin saves millions of lives every year - You missed that fact.
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Problem is that it's doing more harm than good overall. You would have to be very careful as to which category of people were given Aspirin for the positive to outweigh the negative
"The study of 100,000 healthy people who have taken aspirin, the largest of its kind, found that the drug reduced the risk of heart attacks by about 10 per cent. The risk of "non-trivial" bleeding rose by a third."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/healt...110-1psre.html