PARAECETAMOL SIDE EFFECTS: SIDE EFFECTS WHEN TAKING THERAPEUTIC DOSE AND OVERDOSE (ACETAMINOPHEN SIDE EFFECTS)

 

PARAECETAMOL SIDE EFFECTS:

  •        headache
  •        fever
  •        body pains

that one medicine that comes to your mind is paracetamol but remember there are side effects of taking paracetamol yes that's correct

Paracetamol is usually prescribed in cases of mild to moderate pain and in cases where people tend to develop pain after delivery fevers and also in pregnancy statuses it is also given as a painkiller in conditions where people are allergic to the drug called aspirin bronchial asthma peptic ulcers so now what is the recommended dosage of Paracetamol it varies uh based upon your body weight but the most commonly considered uh dosage is 500 mm given three times a day it again varies depending upon the body type and that particular decision is taken by the treating doctor alone.

Side Effects AS Therapeutic Dose:

side effects of taking paracetamol even in the therapeutic dosages paracetamol can cause rashes all over your body and also leads to a condition

called nausea that is  having a vomiting sensation so now what to do when you have these symptoms immediately tell this to your treating doctor so that they can decide on your further treatment accordingly and there is also something called acute paracetamol poisoning what is it

so when you are ingested paracetamol about 4 grams per day or else more than 75 mg per kg bodyweight it is considered to be paracetamol poisoning now what happens in therapeutic dosages when paracetamol is being taken at the body there is a compound which is being released

inside the body and that will get detoxified and gets sent out from the body.

Overdoses:

In the overdose cases what happens this particular compound which gets released and which is supposed to be excreted from the body it is not getting excreted it stays back and what it does by staying back it stays back and it binds to the proteins in your cells and what happens to the cells after that the cell dies this leads to organ failure mainly the liver failure and also renal failure that is kidney failure so this condition needs to be treated within 16 hours of paracetamol poisoning all this could have been avoided how only if you would have considered taking paracetamol only under the guidance of a doctor no matter how minor or that is how small or how severe your condition is to make sure that you're talking to a doctor immediately and then follow the advice diligently given by the doctor.

 

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