Paracetamol is the most common medicine that is taken as an overdose. It's dangerous to take more than the recommended dose of paracetamol. Untreated paracetamol poisoning may cause varying degrees of liver injury over the 2 to 4 days following ingestion, including fulminant hepatic failure.
One in 10 consumed too much of the medicine over more than two hours. You might accidentally take too much panadol. Taking too much panadol (acetaminophen) can cause liver damage, sometimes serious enough to require liver transplantation or cause death.
When taken in recommended doses, panadol tablets are usually free from side effects. Children may occasionally experience low blood sugar and tremors, and feeling hungry, faint and confused after taking paracetamol. Renal tubular necrosis, hypoglycemic coma, and thrombocytopenia. However, rare cases of skin reactions, such as urticaria (hives), have been reported.
This may damage your liver, which can be fatal (cause death). While paracetamol is safe in normal doses, it is hepatotoxic and potentially fatal in overdose. Such staggered ingestion can still give rise to the effects of overdosing. If you take a large amount of paracetamol, you could.