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Taking too much acetaminophen (Paracetomol) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States.

There has been a huge PR push (in advertising etc) against Aspirin and for other NSAIDs.

Of course, take care, but don’t be sucked in by marketing.

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To add to that:

1. High dose aspirin might have been implicated in causing higher death rates from 1918 influenza: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/49/9/1405/301441 (daily doses of 8 to 31.2 grams, are above the maximum safe dose)

2. But low dose aspirin has been studied and effects are not apparent e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737981/

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