Patients with a serum paracetamol concentration more than 200 mg/L should be given the antidote N-acetyl cysteine, which ensures survival. In less than 2 hours after taking paracetamol, activated charcoal can be used to treat the overdose, or gastric lavage can be performed between 2-4 hours. When paracetamol poisoning is suspected, N-acetyl cysteine should be given to replenish glutathione levels in the body. Paracetamol metabolism is broadly categorized into two phases (reactions) oxygenation and conjugation reactions. Overdose of paracetamol can induce temporary liver dysfunction or even liver failure with some other complications like pancreatitis, low blood sugar and lactic acidosis etc. Excessive intake of the medication paracetamol that is, above recommended dose of paracetamol 4 g or 75 mg/kg in 24 hours for an adult result into overdose.

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Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the most widely used over-the-counter analgesic and antipyretic agent in the world.

Antidote paracetamol toxicity