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Published: February 29, 2008
Parents say acetaminophen killed student
Madalyn Byrne had a nagging toothache. The over-the-counter pills she took to dull the pain killed her.
Byrne, a 19-year-old University of Oklahoma sophomore, died Monday from liver damage and cardiac arrest from taking too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and many other commonly used medicines.
She had taken, her parents and physicians estimate, nine extra-strength Tylenol pills a day ov...
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