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Adverse Effects of Intravenous N-Acetylcysteine

Authors :
Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh
Hamid Kariman
Naser Jalali
Fakhreddin Taghaddosinejad
Source :
Clinical Drug Investigation. 23:129-133
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2003.

Abstract

Various kinds of drugs have been evaluated as aparacetamol antidote; the most important of themis N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which serves as anavailable precursor for glutathione synthesis, thusreplenishing glutathione stores and preventingthe reaction of N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine(NAPQI) with hepatocytes.

Details

ISSN :
11732563
Volume :
23
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Drug Investigation
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2da347d115afa30a5a7488b76f597bad
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2165/00044011-200323020-00006