Table 1.

The top ten drugs used in overdose giving absolute number of overdoses in which the drug was used, the percentage of overdoses involving the drug and the percentage of all of the drugs used in overdose. Differences between the last two values reflect the fact that single overdoses can involve multiple drugs and the more commonly used agents are more likely to be used as part of a multi-drug overdose

Position	Drug	Number of times used in overdose	% of overdoses involving drug	% of all drugs used in overdoses
1	Paracetamol	679	42.5	25.1
2	Ibuprofen	277	17.3	10.2
3	Citalopram	107	6.7	4.0
4	Zopiclone	92	5.8	3.4
5	Fluoxetine	84	5.3	3.1
6	Co-codamol*	81	5.1	3.0
7	Aspirin	79	4.9	2.9
8	Diazepam	78	4.9	2.9
9	Codeine	61	3.8	2.3
10	Diclofenac	60	3.8	2.2

^*Co-codamol is a compound analgesic agent containing paracetamol (500 mg per tablet) and codeine phosphate (8, 15 or 30 mg per tablet).