Patient died after 16 weeks on therapeutic paracetamol dose, coroner says
Pharmacists added paracetamol to the patient's Webster packs without consulting his GP, the coroner said.
A 47-year-old man died from acute liver failure after less than four months on the maximum recommended dose of paracetamol, a coroner says.
Paul McHugh, who had hepatitis C and chronic pain, died in 2022 after taking 4g paracetamol daily for around 16 weeks, Victorian coroner Ingrid Giles has found.
