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How big is a packet?
Off the shelf in the UK, they're sold in packs of either 8 or 16 tablets, and shops are legally only allowed to sell you two packs at once. Pharmacies can of course supply larger quantities with a prescription.
The recommended dose is one or two 500mg tablets every 4 hours with a maximum of 8 tablets per day.
ok that helps. Over here you can get a bottle of 100 or more at one.
Yeah, I think this is what's causing the confusion here. We don't measure pills in "packets" in the US, so I think some people are taking "4 packets" to mean that they only took four pills and of course that's absurd.
I think in UK paracetamol is sold over the counter in 28 x 500mg tablets most commonly. Larger packs or higher strengths are prescription only I think.
So 1 pack should last 3.5 days at the max adult dose of 8 per 24h - but I think it'd recommend seeing your doctor if you get into a second pack and you're still using that maximum dosage.
Generally shops will limit sales to 2 packs, but it's easy to shop around so that's no limit.
I don't know where you'd get packets of 28x500mg.
oops my memory failed.
It'd mostly be in 16s in the supermarket. So each pack is probably 2 days at the max dose.
Asking the real questions.
Kinda surprised you didn't give some it answer