The overuse of the OTC pain killer medication is just an example that sheds light on the drastic rise in the misuse of various OTC drugs. Millions of individuals present worldwide are unaware of the potential health effects of taking these medication
(prHWY.com) June 8, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA -- 8 June 2012, USA(Acedrugstore.com): As per a recent clinical intervention, a research group in the U.S has stated that there is a drastic rise in the unintended overuse of the most common over-the-counter (OTC) pain relieving medication, acetaminophen in the America. The fact that the overdose of acetaminophen is one of the pioneer causes of acute liver failure in most of the individuals is not known by many.
The current study was carried out with the aim of finding significant implications of the occurrence as well as probable misuse of the various pain killer drugs that contain acetaminophen as their major active chemical component and also to find the chances of overdose of this widely used medication.
The research study has included around 500 adult individuals, who were undergoing treatment for their pain at outpatient clinics in Chicago and Atlanta in the time period between September (2009) and March (2011).
Of the overall patients included in the study around half of the individuals were found to take the medication frequently, while approximately 19% of young individuals formed the heavy-user category (including individuals who took the drug daily, or a couple of times weekly in the last 6 months.
The results proved that about 25% people were found to cross the limit of maximum dosage of 4 grams of acetaminophen, 5% were reported to consume more than 6 grams per day and around 50% were at higher risk due to the double-dipping overdose.
Dr. Michael Wolf of the University in Chicago, main author of the study along with his colleagues carried out the current clinical analysis and said that individuals taking the OTC medications are unable to take them properly as they always tend to take in excess and also do not feel the need to follow the precautionary measures or know the chemical components present in the medicine.
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