While not everyone will use paracetamol to ease a hangover, some may not even be hungover, it is nevertheless a helpful tool to alleviate physical pain or illness. Paracetamol cannot just alleviate illnesses and aches, it can provoke them as well. The way it achieves this is through blocking chemical signals to the brain that tell the body it’s in pain. When a person has a fever, paracetamol targets the areas of the brain that regulate body temperature.
This isn’t the only side effect that should result in a call to a medical professional.
If breathing is difficult or troubled, irregularly fast or slow, or shallow, a doctor should be consulted.
The NHS recommends that emergency treatment should also be sought if a serious allergic reaction is experienced.
An allergic reaction to paracetamol can come in the form of a skin rash with “itchy, red, swollen, blistered or peeling skin”.
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Medicines that are used to thin the blood, treat epilepsy or tuberculosis are not necessarily suitable in the company of paracetamol as, in the case of blood thinners, paracetamol can increase the risk of bleeding when taken regularly.
Herbal remedies are not immune to this caution either.
St John’s Wort should only be taken with paracetamol if the dose of the latter is reduced
While the list of side effects may sound unnerving, they are there to provide information so that the user is aware of what could happen after they consume the medication.
