Health
Paracetamol ineffective for most conditions: study – Sunshine Coast Daily
It’s the first line treatment for pain in patients of all ages, but new Australian research has questioned whether paracetamol actually works.
It is the most used pain medication in the world but a new study has found paracetamol is little better than a dummy pill for most conditions.
In Australia, sales of the over-the-counter drug have soared more than 75 per cent since codeine became prescription only in 2018.
The drug is on the World Health Organisation’s List of Essential Medicines and is commonly recommended as the first line treatment for pain.
But Australian researchers, who investigated its effectiveness in 44 painful conditions,…
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