Restriction of non-opioid analgesics sold over-the-counter in Denmark: A national study of impact on poisonings

Self-poisoning with non-opioid analgesics presents a growing challenge to health care providers. We aimed to assess the impact of an 18-year age restriction of OTC sales and a pack size restriction of non-opioid analgesics sold OTC in pharmacies on hospital-treated poisonings and poisoning severity measured using biomarkers. We applied a before and after design using interrupted time series analysis. Data on all poisonings recorded as hospital...