Acetaminophen is one of the most common painkillers. Many people take it for headaches, fevers, or minor aches, and it’s generally considered safe. Most of the time, it comes in the form of tablets or ...

Recently paracetamol has been in the headlines again, because a scientific paper in a major journal (the British Medical Journal) reported that it was ineffective for lower back pain, and indeed ...

Paracetamol is the world’s most popular painkiller and is used in a whole range of over-the-counter preparations and also on prescription. One of the advantages of paracetamol is that it isn’t ...

Two types of therapeutic errors could occur: A clinician recommends dosing liquid infant acetaminophen drops based on the 80 mg/0.8 ml while the parent or caregiver uses the "new" 160 mg/5 ml ...

New research coming out from the University of Nottingham has found that repeated use of common over-the-counter painkiller paracetamol in people aged 65 or over can lead to an increased risk of ...

Self-treatment with OTC drops generally isn't recommended, though, because they do not treat the infection itself, and other ...