Paracetamol use in adults

What you need to knowShort term use of paracetamol can be effective for acute pain, but is unlikely to offer relief for chronic painConsider adjusting dose or dose frequency for patients with low body weight, who consume alcohol regularly, have liver disease, or who are frail Overdose resulting in liver damage can occur in patients who accidentally take too much paracetamol or multiple paracetamol-containing productsPractical Prescribing is a series producedin conjunction with the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin to highlight important issues for prescribers to consider and prompts for shared decision making between prescribers, patients, and their carers. Targeted at all medical and non-medical prescribers, particularly doctors in training, the series covers medicines commonly prescribed in primary and secondary care.A 75 year old woman has knee pain owing to severe osteoarthritis. She is using topical ibuprofen gel and is taking indapamide and ramipril as antihypertensive medicines. She weighs 49 kg. She…
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