Eric M. Yoshida

Apr 28, 2023 | knowridge.com | Kelly Grindrod |Eric M. Yoshida

Larissa was a 21-year-old Canadian college student recovering from COVID-19 when she died from complications related to an accidental overdose of acetaminophen, a medication in probably every drug store and most medicine cabinets in the country. At the time of Larissa’s death, her sister Darby was a second-year student at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, where we cover this topic in class. “We were shocked by how fast it happened,” Darby recalled.