Dosage of Acetylcysteine in Acetaminophen Poisoning
To the Editor.— The current (11th) edition of the Harriet Lane Handbook contains several serious errors we wish to bring to your attention. These are (1) an incorrect and inadequate 24-hour oral dosage regimen for which there is no scientific basis, (2) a dangerous recommendation for administering oral Mucomyst intravenously, (3) a suboptimal intravenous dosage regimen, (4) the erroneous assertion that N-acetylcysteine (NAC or Mucomyst) therapy is ineffective if initiated longer than ten hours postingestion, and (5) an incorrectly adapted nomogram for determining acetaminophen toxicity.
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