Paracetamol

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Paracetamol
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About Paracetamol

• Paracetamol is related to a category of medicines
  which is known as painkillers or analgesics.
• It is used to get relieve from pain and fever
  (high temperature) in children and adults.
• Paracetamol is easily available in all retail
  medicine shops because it is a common painkiller.
  
• It is available in the form of tablets, capsules,
  injection and syrup.

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Types of Paracetamol

• co-dydramol (paracetamol dihydrocodeine)
• co-codamol (paracetamol codeine)
• Tramacet (paracetamol tramadol).

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Paracetamol Storage

• You should keep Paracetamol away from moisture
  and heat in order to preserve it.
• You keep it normal room temperature but away from
  the reach of children.
• The syrup or drop can be stored in the
  refrigerator.

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When to take

• Many companies manufacture the medicines
  containing Paracetamol and these medicines mostly
  used for cold and flu remedies.
• It is also used to alleviate headache, body ache,
  tooth pain, muscle pain, backache, arthritis etc.
  
• Before taking the Paracetamol always keep in mind
  that an overdose of Paracetamol can cause serious
  harm.

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Paracetamol functioning

• After about 10-60 minutes of oral administration
  of paracetamol, it gets absorbed in the
  gastrointestinal tract together with peak plasma
  concentrations.
• Paracetamol gets circulated into body tissues
  immediately.
• Plasma protein is negligible at normal remedial
  doses but it starts increasing as the doses
  increase.
• Paracetamol is metabolized (organic process
  essential for life) comprehensively in the liver
  and emitted out in the urine majorly as waste
  sulfate conjugates and glucuronide.

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When to Stop taking Paracetamol

• Consult your doctor in the following cases-
• If you noticing some skin rashes, swelling,
  redness, inflammation or ongoing headache.
• If you still have fever (high temperature) after
  the use of Paracetamol for continuously three
  days.
• If your pain is not alleviated even after the use
  of Paracetamol for seven days. ( 5 days in case
  of child).

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Paracetamol Overdose

• Overdose may cause liver malfunction and can
  result into-
• Vomiting and nausea that may last for around 24
  hours.
• Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar level)
• Haemorrhage (bleeding)
• Cerebral Oedema (fluid on the brain)
• Encephalopathy (related with brain function)

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Contact Us

• Unit of Farmson Pharmaceutical Gujarat Pvt.
  Ltd.28-35, GIDC Industrial EstateNandesari,
  District - Vadodara 391340, IndiaPhones 91
  265 2840376, 2840612 Fax 91 265
  2841377e-mail  sales_at_farmson.com

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