Paracetamol is used to treat mild to moderate pain including headache, migraine, toothache, menstrual period pain, osteoarthritis pain, musculoskeletal pain, and reduced fever. Paracetamol is the most commonly used pain relief medicine all over the world.
Side Effects of Paracetamol
Like all other medicine, Paracetamol can cause several side effects, although not everybody gets them.
- Liver damage, (If taken at higher than recommended doses)
- Kidney damage, (If taken at higher than recommended doses)
- Skin rashes,
- Increased heartbeat,
- Low platelets, and Low white blood cells.
- Dark urine,
- Clay-coloured stool,
- Allergic skin reactions like peeling and blistering of the skin,
- Blood disorders,
- Nausea and Vomiting.
If you have any of the rare side effects of Paracetamol mentioned above, stop taking this medication right away and call your doctor.