acetaminophen 500 mg - This drug is used to treat mild to moderate pain (from headaches, menstrual periods, toothaches, backaches, osteoarthritis, or cold/flu aches and pains) and to reduce fever.
Drug name
Non specific name: Acetaminophen - Oral
Articulation: (a-SEET-a-MIN-goodness fen)
Brand name(s): Panadol, Tylenol
Warning
Taking excessively acetaminophen may cause genuine (conceivably lethal) liver malady. Grown-ups ought not take in excess of 4000 milligrams (4 grams) of acetaminophen daily. Individuals with liver issues and kids should take less acetaminophen. Ask your specialist or drug specialist how much acetaminophen is sheltered to take.Do not use with some other medication containing acetaminophen without asking your specialist or drug specialist first. Acetaminophen is in numerous nonprescription and physician endorsed prescriptions, (for example, torment/fever medications or hack and-cool items). Check the names on the entirety of your meds to check whether they contain acetaminophen, and inquire as to whether you are unsure.Get therapeutic help immediately in the event that you take excessively acetaminophen (overdose), regardless of whether you feel well. Overdose manifestations may incorporate sickness, spewing, loss of craving, perspiring, stomach/stomach torment, extraordinary tiredness, yellowing eyes/skin, and dim urine.Daily liquor utilize, particularly when joined with acetaminophen, may harm your liver. Keep away from liquor.
Uses
This medication is utilized to treat gentle to direct agony (from migraines, menstrual periods, toothaches, spinal pains, osteoarthritis, or cool/influenza a throbbing painfulness) and to decrease fever.
How to use
Accept this item by mouth as coordinated. Take after all bearings on the item bundle. In the event that you are unverifiable about any of the data, counsel your specialist or pharmacist.There are numerous brands and types of acetaminophen accessible. Read the dosing guidelines precisely for every item in light of the fact that the measure of acetaminophen might be diverse between items. Try not to take more acetaminophen than suggested. (See additionally Warning section.)If you are offering acetaminophen to a tyke, make certain you utilize an item that is intended for youngsters. Utilize your tyke's weight to locate the correct measurement on the item bundle. On the off chance that you don't have the foggiest idea about your tyke's weight, you can utilize their age.For suspensions, shake the drug a long time before each dosage. A few fluids don't should be shaken before utilize. Take after all bearings on the item bundle. Measure the fluid medicine with the gave dosage estimating spoon/dropper/syringe to ensure you have the right dosage. Try not to utilize a family unit spoon.For quickly dissolving tablets, bite or permit to break down on the tongue, at that point swallow with or without water. For chewable tablets, bite altogether before swallowing.Do not pulverize or bite broadened discharge tablets. Doing as such can discharge the greater part of the medication immediately, expanding the danger of symptoms. Additionally, don't part the tablets except if they have a score line and your specialist or drug specialist instructs you to do as such. Gulp down the entire or split tablet without squashing or chewing.For bubbling tablets, break up the measurements in the suggested measure of water, at that point drink.Pain pharmaceuticals work best on the off chance that they are utilized as the principal indications of agony happen. On the off chance that you hold up until the point when the indications have declined, the drug may not fill in as well.Do not take this solution for fever for over 3 days except if coordinated by your specialist. For grown-ups, don't take this item for torment for over 10 days (5 days in kids) except if coordinated by your specialist. On the off chance that the kid has a sore throat (particularly with high fever, migraine, or sickness/heaving), counsel the specialist promptly.Tell your specialist if your condition perseveres or declines or in the event that you grow new indications. In the event that you figure you may have a genuine restorative issue, get therapeutic help immediately.
Precautions
See additionally Warning section.Before taking acetaminophen, tell your specialist or drug specialist in the event that you are oversensitive to it; or in the event that you have some other sensitivities. This item may contain idle fixings, which can cause hypersensitive responses or different issues. Converse with your drug specialist for more details.Before utilizing this item, tell your specialist or drug specialist your medicinal history, particularly of: liver sickness, customary utilize/manhandle of alcohol.Liquid items, chewable tablets, or dissolving/bubbling tablets may contain sugar or aspartame. Alert is exhorted on the off chance that you have diabetes, phenylketonuria (PKU), or whatever other condition that expects you to restrict/stay away from these substances in your eating routine. In the event that you have any of these conditions, get some information about utilizing these items safely.Tell your specialist in the event that you are pregnant before utilizing this medication.Acetaminophen goes into bosom drain. Counsel your specialist before bosom encouraging.
Drug interactions
See likewise Warning section.Drug communications may change how your drugs function or increment your hazard for genuine reactions. This record does not contain all conceivable medication communications. Keep a rundown of the considerable number of items you utilize (counting solution/nonprescription medications and home grown items) and offer it with your specialist and drug specialist. Try not to begin, stop, or change the measurements of any pharmaceuticals without your specialist's approval.A item that may interface with this medication is: ketoconazole.This solution may meddle with certain research facility tests, perhaps causing false test outcomes. Ensure research facility faculty and every one of your specialists know you utilize this medication.
Side effects
See additionally Warning section.This sedate for the most part has no reactions. On the off chance that you have any unordinary impacts, contact your specialist or drug specialist promptly.If your specialist has guided you to utilize this prescription, recollect that he or she has judged that the advantage to you is more noteworthy than the danger of symptoms. Numerous individuals utilizing this pharmaceutical don't have genuine side effects.A intense unfavorably susceptible response to this medication is uncommon. Be that as it may, get therapeutic help immediately on the off chance that you see any indications of a genuine hypersensitive response, including: rash, tingling/swelling (particularly of the face/tongue/throat), extreme unsteadiness, inconvenience breathing.This is certainly not an entire rundown of conceivable reactions. On the off chance that you see different impacts not recorded above, contact your specialist or pharmacist.In the US - Call your specialist for therapeutic guidance about symptoms. You may report reactions to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.In Canada - Call your specialist for therapeutic counsel about symptoms. You may report reactions to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Missed measurements
On the off chance that you are taking this pharmaceutical on a consistent timetable and miss a measurements, accept it when you recollect. In the event that it is close to the season of the following dosage, skirt the missed measurements and resume your typical dosing plan. Try not to twofold the measurement to get up to speed.
Overdose
On the off chance that somebody has overdosed and has genuine manifestations, for example, going out or inconvenience breathing, call 911. Something else, call a toxin control focus immediately. US occupants can call their nearby toxic substance control focus at 1-800-222-1222. Canada inhabitants can call a common toxic substance control focus. Manifestations of overdose may include: queasiness, heaving, loss of hunger, perspiring, stomach/stomach torment, outrageous tiredness, yellowing eyes/skin, dull pee.
Notes
Acetaminophen does not cause the stomach and intestinal ulcers that NSAIDs, for example, headache medicine, ibuprofen, and naproxen may cause. Be that as it may, acetaminophen does not lessen swelling (irritation) like the NSAIDs do. Counsel your specialist for more points of interest and to see which medicine may be appropriate for you.
Capacity
Store at room temperature far from light and dampness. Try not to store in the washroom. Fend off all medicines from kids and pets.Do not flush meds down the latrine or empty them into a deplete except if educated to do as such. Appropriately dispose of this item when it is terminated or never again required. Counsel your drug specialist or nearby waste transfer organization.
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