Paracetamol is one of the most familiar drugs. One way or another it is present in almost every medicine Cabinet — either by itself or as part of antipyretics and / or analgesics.
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Doctors recommend this drug for more than 50 years — but is it as safe as was thought all this time? It turns out, no.
In the collection of the independent research, Cochrane Library there are several large research papers, which show that, for example, chronic back pain or arthritis acetaminophen works the same as placebo. The participants of these studies took him in the largest possible doses for three months, so testing can be called objective. For acute pain, such as headache and post-operative, is also used paracetamol — but it helps not for everyone. Of the 4 who took paracetamol people suffering from postoperative pain, the condition will improve only one. What kasaysayan pain — this medication will help only one out of 10. Thus, if paracetamol works for you is fine. But for most people it’s useless.
If we talk about the safety of this drug, it should be noted that the side effects are extremely rare. However, they are quite unpleasant — paracetamol increases the probability of premature death, razvitiya infarction, gastric bleeding, acute renal and liver failure. Regarding the latter, it is considered that liver problems may be those people who exceed the recommended dose, however, at standard dosages such an outcome is not excluded. Despite the fact that these acute conditions develop only 1 time per million on medication of people — yet it is considerable risk, and risks are summarized.
People often do not have sufficient information on painkillers and do not try to. For example, a survey of Londoners showed that around half of patients think that ibuprofen is paracetamol. In the U.S. most often, the paracetamol is sold in the active ingredients, tylenol — but also about half of Americans do not know what is in it the active ingredient. In the UK, every fourth patient is not aware of maximum daily dose of paracetamol in the United States every second, and some even think that the maximum dose is 10,000 mg, which actually exceeds the daily maximum 2.5 times. In addition, paracetamol is part of ballintaggart from colds and flu, many means of headache, to achieve his overdose simply.
Thus, the use of this well-known drug quite questionable, and side effects are quite unpleasant. However, doctors and scientists are still in quandary as a full-fledged alternative to paracetamol are present, other drugs may work better — but the negative side they can be more.
Previously, scientists have found that paracetamol makes people callous.
