United Kingdom legislation on pack sizes of analgesics: Background, rationale, and effects on suicide and deliberate self-harm
Abstract
Following increasing concern in the UK about the mortality and morbidity associated with self‐poisoning with analgesics, especially paracetamol (Tylenol, acetaminophen), legislation was introduced in 1998 to modify packs sold over‐the‐counter. The most important change was a reduction in the maximum size of packs. In this paper the background to the legislation, the rationale behind it, and its early impact are reviewed. The changes have had significant positive initial benefits on the mortality and morbidity associated with self‐poisoning with analgesics.
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Primary prevention programs of greatest demonstrable relevance to suicide in communities where firearms and medications are dominant suicide methods include legislation restricting access to unsafe firearms as well as mandates concerning the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of medications.
“Primary prevention programs of greatest demonstrable relevance to suicide in communities where firearms and medications are dominant suicide methods include legislation restricting access to unsafe firearms as well as mandates concerning the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of medications [93,94].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [93]
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- Authors
- Hawton, K.
- Affiliations
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hawton, Keith
- ORCID
- Hawton, Keith
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 223-229
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- OpenAlex
- W2152123255
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 6.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Keywords
- over-the-counter drug regulation, paracetamol, self-poisoning, suicide, self-harm, drug overdose deaths, UK legislation
- MeSH terms
- Acetaminophen, Suicide Prevention, Analgesics, Drug Packaging, United Kingdom, Humans, Suicide, Drug Overdose
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