Patients are overdosing on paracetamol due to a shortage of dentists Patients with dental pain are overdosing on painkillers because they are unable to access professional treatment, claims a new report.
The two-year study found that 38 per cent of emergency admissions for paracetamol overdose were a direct result of dental pain.
Paracetamol overdosing can occur after taking too much paracetamol over a number of hours or days, leading to liver failure, which may be fatal.
The study comes as Britain is gripped by a dental crisis, which has meant charities, normally assisting third world countries, have been forced to step in and help British patients as dentists are too busy to treat them. The Daily Mail
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The two-year study found that 38 per cent of emergency admissions for paracetamol overdose were a direct result of dental pain.
Paracetamol overdosing can occur after taking too much paracetamol over a number of hours or days, leading to liver failure, which may be fatal.
The study comes as Britain is gripped by a dental crisis, which has meant charities, normally assisting third world countries, have been forced to step in and help British patients as dentists are too busy to treat them. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Dental pain management – a cause of significant morbidity due to paracetamol overdose (abstract) British Dental Journal
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