Ep 120 Acetaminophen/Paracetamol: Pain. Killer.
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The Toxic Effects of Acetaminophen Paracetamol
acetaminophen paracetamol is incredibly toxic to deliver if too much is ingested. So how does this toxicity occur if this medicine is super safe? And if all of the effects that I talked about with acetaminophen are in the brain, why is the liver involved all of a sudden? Well, our liver metabolizes acetaminophen, unsurprising, our liver does that for most things. The majority of acetaminophen is metabolized in a way that produces the various substances that cross into our blood brain barrier and exert their effects.
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