Acute Gastric Injury Due To High-dose Analgesics?
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 20:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study has documented the gastrointestinal complications of high dose acetaminophen, a commonly used drug. The study investigated the acute high dose ingestion of analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen, with suicidal intent. The study results surprisingly indicated that acetaminophen induces gastric lesions.