In adults, single doses above 10 grams or 140 mg/kg have a reasonable likelihood of causing toxicity. In adults, single doses of more than 25 grams have a high risk of lethality.
A paracetamol tablet usually has 500mg of active ingredient.
This means that doses over 20 tablets at once are probably toxic, and doses of 50 tablets are very likely to kill an adult human.
If you need more pain relief than paracetamol provides at normal doses, then perhaps something containing both paracetamol and codeine is a better choice.
If that doesn't help, perhaps oxycodone would be helpful, but AFAIK it is only available on prescription.
If you have serious pain, seeing your doctor is probably your best bet.
I've been told that people who try to commit suicide by taking a large dose of paracetamol frequently die some days later in hospital in intense pain from irreversible liver failure. Not fun.
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