TGA's New Paracetamol Scheduling Decision to Address Safety Concerns | Effective Feb 2025
On 3rd May 2023, the TGA announced the final decision to amend the scheduling of paracetamol in the Poisons Standard effective 1st of February 2025.
The decision has been made following an independent expert report showing around 225 people are hospitalised with liver injury and 50 Australians die annually from self-poisoning with paracetamol, public consultation on possible options to amend the scheduling of paracetamol, advice from the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS), and public consultation on an interim decision.
The decision has been made following an independent expert report showing around 225 people are hospitalised with liver injury and 50 Australians die annually from self-poisoning with paracetamol, public consultation on possible options to amend the scheduling of paracetamol, advice from the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS), and public consultation on an interim decision.
