Pharmacy Daily | Paracetamol changes?

THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced it has no plans to change the recommended paracetamol dosing regimens in Australia. The announcement comes on the back of recent guideline changes for the use of paracetamol in the UK and US. Last month J&J US subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare reduced the maximum recommended adult dosing on its Tylenol 500mg paracetamol products from 4000mg to 3000mg per day. Meanwhile, in June the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency announced changes to the paracetamol dosage instructions for children. The UK changes will come into effect by the end of the year, and include a larger number of narrower age bands and definitions of single dosages per age band. The TGA announced its decision not to change Aussie dosages after consideration of the international changes, saying “labelling and packaging requirements in Australia have proven to be effective in minimising the risk of either accidental or deliberate overdose with paracetamol”.

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