Doctors are told when to take paracetamol

Cheap paracetamol now in the same deficit, like the mask with antiseptics. But this substance adds antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent, so the choice is still there. Eat them by the handful, of course, impossible. It will only lead to overdose and poisoning. As stressed by the chief infectionist Ministry of health of Russia Elena Malinnikova, the most important thing for patients is the strict adherence to doctor’s recommendations.

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“Only a doctor can prescribe this specific drug to the patient and offer effective treatment,” – said Malinnikova.

Paracetamol and other anti-inflammatory and antipyretic medicines are used purely to facilitate the patient’s condition: high temperature, weakness and pain in different parts of the body. Improvement of health occurs within hours after ingestion and persists for 6-10 hours.

“in order to destroy a particular virus needs to connect to cells of the human immune system. Anti-inflammatory drugs stimulate this process,” explains pharmacologist Orest Ibragimov. At the same time, it is not advised to take paracetamol if the temperature is below 38 degrees. He recalled that fever is a protective reaction of the organism. Just at this time and experiencing the difficult process of fighting the virus. Much lower the temperature can not.