Question

N-acetyl cysteine is beneficial in acute paracetamol poisoning because:

A. It reacts with paracetamol to form a nontoxic complex

B. It inhibits generation of the toxic metabolite of paracetamol

C. It is a free radical scavenger

D. It replenishes hepatic glutathione which in turn binds the toxic metabolite of paracetamol

Answer 1

D. It replenishes hepatic glutathione which in turn binds the toxic metabolite of paracetamol