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Acetylcysteine (Acetadote) for Acetaminophen Overdosage

Acetaminophen (paracetamol; Tylenol, and others) taken in overdosage can cause severe hepatic injury and death. Acetaminophen poisoning is treated with (N-)acetylcysteine. Available for many years in the US as a solution for inhalation therapy (Mucomyst, and others), it subsequently became available for oral use and was recently marketed in the US for intravenous (IV) use as Acetadote (Cumberland)....
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Title: Acetylcysteine (Acetadote) for Acetaminophen Overdosage
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 1215
Article Code: 1215d
Date: August 15, 2005
Volume: 47
Pages: 70-71

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