Paracetamol's Function In Addition To Reducing Pain, Reducing Fever

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YOGYAKARTA Paracetamol is one of the drugs used by the community to relieve pain. However, did you know that the function of paracetamol in addition to reducing pain is to reduce symptoms that arise due to certain health problems?

In general, paracetamol is a pharmaceutical drug that is used to reduce pain in the short term. Paracetamol, which has another name, namely acetaminofen, is available in various forms ranging from capsules, tablets, to liquids.

Reporting from National Library Medicine, paracetamol was first synthesized by a doctor in Germany named Joseph von Mering in 1893. Paracetamol was only freely available in the 1950s. Since now these drugs have become a non-narcotic analgesic that is widely used to relieve pain.

In Indonesia, paracetamol is categorized as a non opioidal analgetic class drug with a green logo which means it can be sold freely.

In addition to relieve pain, paracetamol also helps relieve mild to moderate fever. This drug also helps relieve the accompanying symptoms of fever. Some of the health symptoms that can be treated with paracetamol are as follows.

However, it should be noted that paracetamol is only able to become a pain reliever and relieve fever. This drug cannot cure inflammation that occurs in the body. In addition, the results of paracetamol performance in everyone's body are also different.

On the Alcohol and Drug Foundation website, it is explained that the influence of paracetamol can be different based on several things, namely;

Although it tends to be safe, paracetamol still has side effects that managers may feel. Some of the side effects of paracetamol that are commonly experienced are sleepiness, fatigue, and the potential to cause rashes and itching.

A person also has the potential to overdose if he drinks paracetamol excessively. Symptoms of a paracetamol overdose, reported by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, usually appear 24 hours after someone takes the drug. Possible symptoms will appear as follows.

The use of paracetamol also has a fairly serious long-term impact. The long-term impact of paracetamol is as follows.

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