Why paracetamol is the best drug to treat fever and pain?

When you fall sick, a doctor recommends a medicine. There are many queries which the patient would expect to have answered. For example, will the medicine effective for my clinical problem. What is the exact dose? Are there any side effects? Paracetamol is the most widely used and prescribed drug to treat fever and common flu. It is generally considered as the most effective and safe therapeutic doses by the doctors. However, in recent years, the studies have shown some doubts regarding its efficiency and safety.

In the guidelines produced by organizations like the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Paracetamol is recommended to get fast relief from the variety of aches like toothache, headache, muscular pain, joint pain, body ache etc. By the World Health Organization, Paracetamol also referred as acetaminophen, a mild analgesic is considered to be the best medicine in a basic health system.

The drugs containing Paracetamol are known by different brand names and is used to treat a variety of pain. It is also used in a cough or cold formulations produced for adults and children. All the Paracetamol impurities such as Paracetamol Impurity A/Acetaminophen related Compound C, Compound B, Paracetamol EP Impurity C, Impurity D are manufactured and supplied by leading pharmaceutical companies.

How does paracetamol drug work?

It is surprising that no one knows exactly how paracetamol works, but researchers believe that it functions mainly in the brain and the spine which is called the central nervous system. Paracetamol is considered to alleviate the strength of pain signals to the mind. It also controls the release of prostaglandins, that are responsible to boost the pain and temperature of the body. Taking too much paracetamol can be very dangerous. It is a suitable first-line medicine and works in collaboration with a number of other active agents involving codeine, ibuprofen, caffeine, and tramadol helps in increasing analgesic efficiency and at the same time reducing the side-effects of the assisting agent.

If you have taken more than the prescribed dose, go to the nearest clinic or hospital as soon as possible. It can be helpful to take the remaining medicine or the leaflet along with you show it to the doctor so that he/she can have the idea of the overdose. There are no common symptoms of the overdose at first. Some people have nausea, abdominal pain etc, after taking the overdose of paracetamol.

Paracetamol is effective if the recommended dose is taken. It is an easily available over-the-counter pain reliever. In general, there are very rare side-effects of paracetamol, but it can involve an allergic reaction (rash and swelling), a fast heartbeat and low blood pressure. This can occasionally happen when the paracetamol is given to the patient through a vein in the arm. Leukopenia (low number of white blood cells) and Thrombocytopenia (low number of platelet cells) can also be the result of paracetamol allergy. If you take too much paracetamol, your liver and kidney can be damaged and this can be fatal in severe cases. Speak to a doctor or pharmacist, if you develop any worrying side effects after taking paracetamol Ep.