Acetaminophen Recommended Dose. You might unknowingly give your child too much acetaminophen if you misread the instructions dont carefully measure the medication give two doses too close together or if you dont realize that another caregiver has already given your child a dose. Not to exceed a cumulative dose of 325 gday of acetaminophen.
Common conditions that acetaminophen treats include headache muscle aches arthritis backache toothaches sore throat colds flu and fevers. Dont take more than one OTC product containing acetaminophen. It is inferior to ibuprofen in that respect and the benefits of its use for fever are unclear.
On the other hand a single dose of 7 to 10 grams of acetaminophen 14 to 20 extra-strength tablets can cause liver injury in the average healthy adult.
However it can be deadly if taken in large doses. This test measures the amount of acetaminophen in the blood. Acetaminophen generally has no side effects when taken as prescribed. Paracetamol significantly relieves pain in acute migraine but only slightly in episodic tension headache.