Table 5.

Top 10 ingredients and number of accesses for A & E departments in the UK countries in 2000.

	England	Northern Ireland	Scotland	Wales
1	Paracetamol	Paracetamol	Paracetamol	Paracetamol
	(14 415)	(3148)	(2960)	(1102)
2	Ibuprofen	Codeine	Ibuprofen	Aspirin
	(3687)	(768)	(698)	(319)
3	Codeine	Diazepam	Codeine	Ibuprofen
	(3041)	(724)	(638)	(236)
4	Aspirin	Aspirin	Aspirin	Codeine
	(2957)	(450)	(622)	(229)
5	Zopiclone	Ibuprofen	Diazepam	Ethanol
	(2856)	(429)	(547)	(208)
6	Diazepam	Thioridazine	Fluoxetine	Caffeine*
	(2240)	(370)	(506)	(192)
7	Fluoxetine	Temazepam	Paroxetine	Diazepam
	(2196)	(363)	(476)	(178)
8	Paroxetine	Fluoxetine	Caffeine*	Sodium hypochlorite
	(2168)	(363)	(436)	(154)
9	Caffeine*	Zopiclone	Zopiclone	Zopiclone
	(2056)	(348)	(434)	(152)
10	Dothiepin	Caffeine*	Thioridazine	Methylenedioxy methamphetamine
	(2000)	(325)	(432)	(146)

^*Caffeine from compound analgesics.