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05.10.2015
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He's in almost all Brazilian homes, but is that anyone can make use of this medicine?
Who does not have at home that box with numerous painkillers or even that cartelinha lost the scholarship fund for an unwelcome headache? The ease with which are bought at the pharmacy stimulates the "doctor" and crazy that everyone has a little. So, that "tablet" ends up being taken on their own and the worst, though, he handed it to others.
According to the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Industries, self-medication is responsible for the deaths of 20,000 Brazilians a year. The difference between medicine and poison is the dose, ie take two pills instead of one will not make your headache go faster.
One of the most popular painkillers sold and the world is acetaminophen, which improves pain and fever, not the powerful way dipyrone, but cause irreversible damage to the liver if used indiscriminately. The maximum daily dose is four tablets, respecting the six-hour interval between them. If it is increased, the liver is already damaged, permanently, and transplant the only way possible.
In cases of flu, that attention must be paid, therefore, have some cold medicine paracetamol in its composition and there are people who still complement the treatment using the isolated paracetamol. This overloads the liver and can damage the body.
Another controversial situation is the use of paracetamol in dengue cases. It is known that the DHF can cause hepatitis, which is a degeneration of the liver and use acetaminophen, which also causes damage to the liver, rather would worsen the picture. But if not for hemorrhagic dengue and the use of paracetamol follow the doses and intervals prescribed by a doctor, their use is safe.
Read the package leaflet that you are using! And if it is in doubt, have the pharmacist!
Source: iBahia
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