Acetaminophen

Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, is a painkiller and fever reducer Mechanisms of Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Necrosis

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Articles on Acetaminophen toxicity

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/cc1475

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hep.20293/full

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544319115308475

Millions of America adults (23 percent) use acetaminophen in a given week. (Slone, JAMA 2002)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Whelton/publication/15230598_Perneger_TV_Whelton_PK_Klag_MJ_Risk_of_kidney_failure_associated_with_the_use_of_acetaminophen_aspirin_and_nonsteroidal_anti-inflammatory_drugs_N_Engl_J_Med_331_1675-1679/links/54a867520cf256bf8bb7e2e8/Perneger-TV-Whelton-PK-Klag-MJ-Risk-of-kidney-failure-associated-with-the-use-of-acetaminophen-aspirin-and-nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-N-Engl-J-Med-331-1675-1679.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5958229_Acetaminophen_paracetamol_is_a_selective_cyclooxygenase-2_inhibitor

History of Acetaminophen

1893- The white, odorless crystal compound is discovered at the University of Strasburg by Adolf Kussmaul and his team. used it to treat patients with naphthalene