In most people with cirrhosis, acetaminophen (up to 2g/day) is a safer analgesic than NSAIDs (kidneys, GI mucosa) or opioids (CNS function, gut motility)
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I’ve heard a number of elders at eldercare conferences ask for assisted suicide because of severe untreated pain.
We doctors must do better.
There should be a Things We Do For No Reason article on entirely avoiding (and counseling patients to entirely avoid) acetaminophen in cirrhosis…