Associated Press, "Accidental Acetaminophen Poisonings Rise"

          Think popping extra pain pills can't hurt? Think again: Accidental poisonings from the nation's most popular pain reliever seem to be rising, making acetaminophen the leading cause of acute liver failure.
          Use it correctly and acetaminophen, best known by the Tylenol brand, lives up to its reputation as one of the safest painkillers. It's taken by some 100 million people a year, and liver damage occurs in only a small fraction of users. But it's damage that can kill or require a liver transplant, damage that frustrated liver specialists insist should be avoidable.
          The problem comes when people don't follow dosing instructions _ or unwittingly take too much, not realizing acetaminophen is in hundreds of products, from the over-the-counter remedies Theraflu and Excedrin to the prescription narcotics Vicodin and Percocet.

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