Paracetamol - its lethal, even in small doses over the max dose - which for an adult is 4mg per day. Usually taken by suicidal people, along with alcohol, thinking this will end it all - they wake up the next day feeling "better" emotionally, but its too late, they have now sentenced themselves to a very slow painfull death. this is the reason in the UK you can only buy it in packs of 16, doesn't stop the pharmacy hopper, but does make it harder. He should have gotten the works when he arrived in A&E Hopefully he'll be suitable for a transplant, if they can find a match may whatever belief system he believes in, be with him