Acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol) more toxic than thought
Posted Sep 4, 2015 at 04:41 by denisbider
Last edited Sep 4, 2015 at 04:44 by denisbider
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Study:Real-time monitoring of oxygen uptake in hepatic bioreactor shows CYP450-independent mitochondrial toxicity of acetaminophen and amiodarone
Prediction of drug-induced toxicity is complicated by the failure of animal models to extrapolate human response, especially during assessment of repeated dose toxicity for cosmetic or chronic drug treatments. [...] Importantly, exposure to widely used analgesic, acetaminophen, caused an immediate, reversible, dose-dependent loss of oxygen uptake followed by a slow, irreversible, dose-independent death, with a TC50 of 12.3 mM. Transient loss of mitochondrial respiration was also detected below the threshold of acetaminophen toxicity.
I posted previously about a paper suggesting that
acetaminophen may cause autism and ADHD in vulnerable children.
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