Long-anticipated changes to how Australians buy paracetamol are on their way in a bid to reduce harms. Here’s what’s changing.
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Because it reduces inflammation, ibuprofen is better for osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis, period pain, some types of headache and after an operation. Paracetamol is better for pain with fever.
Parents worry about giving their kids pain relief. Four out of five experts say it’s OK.
In short, pain medicine is able to block the processes that cause the feeling of pain. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how pain works.
Paracetamol is one of the most widely used medicines in Australia and around the world with millions of doses administered worldwide each day.
A visit to the pharmacy for pain relief can be complicated. As consumers, we are faced with a bewildering choice of pain relief options. But why? Within the Nurofen range we have Nurofen for back pain…
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