To prevent or relieve alcohol-induced headaches, many people turn to paracetamol after a drunken night out. But paracetamol, like alcohol, is not harmless to the liver. So this holiday season, can we safely mix the two without putting our health at risk? Answer with two experts.
Once in the bloodstream, paracetamol will go to the liver. “There is a small amount of paracetamol that will be converted there into a compound that is toxic to the liver cells. But when you take it in normal doses and the liver is not diseased, the body will be able to eliminate this compound thanks to antioxidant protection.“, explains Mr. Alexandre Louvet, a hepatologist at Lille University Hospital. It is clear that when the doses are maintained (a maximum of 4 grams per day, one gram every 6 hours), paracetamol does not damage the liver.
The problem is that alcohol consumption lowers antioxidant defenses…
Source: Le Figaro
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