A 64-year-old man with chronic back pain due to osteoarthritis takes regular Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. He asks about the maximum safe daily dose of o...

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A 64-year-old man with chronic back pain due to osteoarthritis takes regular Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. He asks about the maximum safe daily dose of oral Paracetamol he can take as an adult with normal liver function. What is the correct advice?

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Maximum 4 g per day

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Maximum 1 g per day

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Maximum 2 g per day

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Maximum 3 g per day

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Maximum 6 g per day

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Paracetamol dosing

A 64-year-old man with chronic back pain due to osteoarthritis takes regular Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. He asks about the maximum safe daily dose of oral Paracetamol he can take as an adult with normal liver function. What is the correct advice?