Paracetamol?Injection?Treat?Fever?and?Pain

Medical?Use
??Fever
Paracetamol?is?used?for?reducing?fever?in?people?of?all?ages.?
The?World?Health?Organization?(WHO)?recommends?that?paracetamol?be?used?to
?treat?fever?in?children?only?if?their?temperature?is?greater?than?38.5?°C?(101.3?°F).?
The?efficacy?of?paracetamol?by?itself?in?children?with?fevers?has?been?questione?
and?a?meta-analysis?showed?that?it?is?less?effective?than?ibuprofen.
??Pain
Paracetamol?is?used?for?the?relief?of?pain.

Low?back?pain
Based?on?a?systematic?review,?paracetamol?is?recommended?by?the?American?College?of?Physicians
?and?the?American?Pain?Society?as?a?first?line?treatment?for?low?back?pain.?However?other?systematic?
reviews?concluded?that?evidence?for?its?efficacy?is?lacking.
? ? ?Headaches
A joint statement of the German, Austrian, and Swiss headache societies and the German Society
of Neurology recommends the use of paracetamol in combination withas one of several first line
therapies for treatment of tension or migraine headache. In the treatment of acute migraine,
it is superior to placebo, with 39% of people experiencing pain relief at 1 hour compared to 20% in the control group.
??? Postoperative pain
Paracetamol, when combined with NSAIDs, may be more effective for treating postoperative pain than either
paracetamol alone or NSAIDs alone.
Other

The efficacy of paracetamol when used in combination with weak opioids (such as ) improved for approximately 50%
of people but increases in the number experiencing side effects. Combination drugs of paracetamol and strong opioids
like improve analgesic effect.
The combination of paracetamol withis superior to paracetamol alone for the treatment of common pain conditions
including dental pain, postpartum pain, and headache.