Paracetamol

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a) Paracetamol is known to be one of the useful medicines of relieving pain and fever. Two of the corresponding brands of Paracetamol in Australia are, Panadol and Herron, of which, Herron serves well to cure a migraine headache, backache, sinus headache, arthritis, rheumatics, muscular aches, sore throat, etc, and Panadol works well in relieving dental pain, joint pain, and much more. The dosage of Herron for adults is 1-2 tabsules, maximum 8 of it can be taken in 24 hrs, whereas, Panadol’s dosage for the adults is, taking each tablet in every 4-6 hours, of which, a maximum limit is 4 tablets a day.
b) Pharmacokinetic of Paracetamol – As per medical doses, paracetamol works as a safe analgesic medicine, but the over dosage of it may cause hepatic necrosis. The tablet evenly gets distributed throughout most of the fluids and tissues, having a volume of approximately, 0.9L/kg to 20 % of the drug been bound to red blood cells. Pharmacodynamics of Paracetamol – Different dosage is there of consuming this tablet, which is identical for Children of different age groups, and adults (Rajanayagam et al.,
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Paracetamol is one of the most usable medicine and these needs to be used by proper guidelines. In this particular case, Mr. Drago needs to learn the desired directions for medication of Paracetamol. Before the use of this medicine, Mr. Drago should be aware of the fact that if he had allergic to acetaminophen or paracetamol, then he should immediately contact the doctor. Pain is seen very common in older people and has numerous effects. In a case of fever, it can be taken as 325 to 600 mg between 5 to 6 hours. The paracetamol tablets come of 500mg and two tablets can easily be taken in case of high fever after 5 to 6 hours. In a case of pain, it can be taken as the same dose as mentioned above for older

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