03/09/2026
The maximum safe daily amount for a healthy adult is 4 grams, which is eight standard 500mg tablets in 24 hours. Go past that and your liver hits a breaking point where it simply can't process it fast enough, and damage happens faster than most people realise. If you drink alcohol regularly, that safe threshold is even lower. Check the ingredients across everything you're taking. A lot of cold and flu combos already contain paracetamol, so it's easy to double the dose without realising.