Paracetamol

Overview

Journal Postgrad Med J

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1980 Jul 1

PMID 7003571

Citations 13

Authors

T J Meredith

R Goulding

Affiliations

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Abstract

Paracetamol is an analgesic and antipyretic agent which was first marketed for use as a drug in the U.K. in 1956. It has since become popular with the medical profession and the general public as an alternative to aspirin.

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