Abstract
Alcoholic patients run an increased risk of developing hepatotoxicity from doses of acetaminophen within or only moderately above the recommended usual therapeutic doses. In this review I examine the scientific evidence and clinical observations that indicate such a heightened susceptibility of the alcoholic to acetaminophen-induced injury.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 180-185 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1987 |
Keywords
- Acetaminophen
- Alcoholism
- Hepatotoxicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gastroenterology