Here we go again! Is paracetamol safe? Research Dampens Hopes and suggests our most popular pain killer isn't as effective as many think, there are also worries about its side-effects, especially on pregnant women

• ·         Series of studies links the everyday painkiller to serious side-effects
• ·         They include asthma, ADHD, and potentially lethal heart and kidney problems
• ·        Evidence has prompted health watchdogs to warn doctors against routinely prescribing  paracetamol to their patients
• ·         Suggestion that for some ailments the drug is nothing more than a placebo
• ·         Medics have spoken out, claiming they will be left nothing to treat patients
• ·         Paracetamol is also known as acetaminophen in the U.S. and sold as Tyleno

 

Paracetamol is the pain-killer of choice worldwide

Researchers at the University of Sydney looked at more than 1,650 people who had suffered back pain, for a variety of reasons, for six weeks or less and concluded that; doctors…  “need to reconsider the universal recommendation to provide paracetamol as a first-line treatment for back pain’’.

Read more about findings on the effectiveness of paracetamol here