Different available studies have evaluated the safety
and efficacy of paracetamol administration in cirrhotic
patients. It has been indicated that for short-term use
or 1-time dosing, up to 4 g/d appears to be well tolerated
for both healthy and cirrhotic individuals, using
alcohol regularly (22, 23). This assumption is supported
by a double-blind, crossover study of 20 patients with
chronic liver disease (including 8 cirrhosis), who tolerated
paracetamol at a dosage of 4 g/d for 13 days without
adverse effects (21). In other survey conducted by Lucena
et al. (24), paracetamol was safely used as a dosage of 3
g/d even in those with alcoholic cirrhosis. The findings
of another case control study evaluating the implication
of paracetamol in patients with cirrhosis suggested
no association between the occasional use of low dose
paracetamol (2-3 g/d) and the acute decompensation of
cirrhosis (25).