Until now, the official guidance seen on packaging meant children aged from 12 months to 6 years could be given the same dose of liquid paracetamol, which is two 5ml spoons, four times a day. But the ...

Mum-of-two Laura Higginson was given the staggered overdoses of paracetamol across a number of days before medics realised ...

This is because of concerns about giving children too high a dosage due to the differences in the measurement and number of times each should be given across 24 hours. Can paracetamol raise the risk ...