At elevated temperature or pain, it is often necessary to take antipyretic and analgesic agents. Perhaps the most common among them is Paracetamol and drugs containing it. Its popularity is due to its high efficiency and minimal risk of side effects. Before taking "Paracetamol", you must familiarize yourself with the annotation, since there are contraindications, like any drug.
So, they do not recommend the drug to people with liver and kidney diseases, suffering from chronic alcoholism. During pregnancy and lactation, the medicine is prescribed with caution. In the form of syrup or suppositories, paracetamol-containing agents are prescribed even for children from 1-3 months of life. Most of these drugs differ from each other only in dosage and auxiliary components, their principle of action is approximately the same.
Doctors, talking about how to drink Paracetamol as an antipyretic, do not recommend taking it if the body temperature is below 38.5 degrees. The effectiveness of the drug is high when the fever is caused by viral diseases. A medication for toothache, headache and other types of pain is also recommended.
Advising how to take Paracetamol, the doctor who prescribed it will definitely note that the best time for this is a couple of hours after a meal, since in this way the effect of the drug will begin faster. Drink tablets with plenty of water. They recommend the drug from 3 months of age, while the dose of "Paracetamol" for children will be different.
Tablets are prescribed for babies from three years old, do not use more than 1-2 g of the active substance per day. For adults, the maximum daily dosage should not exceed 3-4 grams. Usually, it is divided into 3-4 doses. However, if the temperature is low or there is no pain, then the use of the drug can be canceled. It is worth remembering that "Paracetamol" does not cure the disease itself, is not a vitamin or antibacterial agent. It only eliminates unpleasant symptoms. Therefore, if you can do without it, then it is better to do so.
How to take "Paracetamol" is described in detail in the instructions for the drug. If all the recommendations are met, including regarding the break between the admission, then side effects are unlikely to occur. Otherwise, they may occur, as well as an overdose.
Negative reactions may manifest as nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, or, conversely, excessive irritability. With intolerance to any component of the drug, allergic reactions may occur. This remedy is especially contraindicated for people who have liver problems, because the main side effect of the drug is directed specifically to this organ. With the simultaneous intake of alcohol, toxicity to the kidneys and liver is greatly increased.
If any negative symptoms appear after using the drug, it is necessary to cancel it and consult a specialist who can prescribe symptomatic treatment.
Before taking Paracetamol, it must be taken into account that it is not used with medicines that already contain this active substance (Panadol, etc.), as an overdose is possible. Sometimes, ibuprofen-based drugs (Nurofen, Ibufen, etc.) can be prescribed at the same time, if the temperature is not interrupted by any of the medicines. In this case, it is important to maintain a break between their reception.
Pediatricians often recommend the drug "Paracetamol" at the same time as taking the drug "Suprastin" in the post-vaccination period. In this case, the first remedy will be antipyretic, and the second antihistamine, which relieves allergic reactions.