17-Year Old Girl Kills Herself With Paracetamol Overdose (Photos)

 

An American girl named Georgia Littlewood, 17 has met her untimely death after swallowing an overdose of paracetamol tablets prescribed to cure a stomach disorder. She was reportedly in her boyfriend's place when her health condition deteriorated. She was rushed to the hospital where she died a day after. It was revealed she died of severe liver damage as a result of the overdose of paracetamol tablets she took which caused her liver to collapse due to its toxicity.

 

Her family is now calling for tougher restrictions on the drug. Speaking at an inquest into her death, Georgia's family condemned the ease with you can buy paracetamol after a coroner said it was a "readily available medication across the counter which can be extremely dangerous."

In a statement they said:

"You can buy paracetamol at 19p a packet in supermarkets - yet you should only be able to buy it from a pharmacist who tells you of the dangers. You should not be able to go into the shop with no one giving any advice."

 

Georgina was a very happy and promising young girl before she died.