Paracetamol can be purchased without a prescription from virtually every chemist and supermarket across Britain. The medication is celebrated for relieving different types of discomfort, pain and ...

Last year, the NHS prescribed paracetamol over 15 million times and the average person takes 70 a year. But while the ...

Prof Dear emphasised that doctors and patients should "together consider the risks versus the benefits", particularly where ...

However, it is important to note that paracetamol is not suitable for everyone. The NHS advises that several key groups of ...

Professor James Dear, personal chairman of clinical pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh, said: "This study clearly shows that paracetamol, the world's most used drug, increases blood pressure, ...

Donald Trump's advice that pregnant women should limit the use of paracetamol in pregnancy has been criticised as "baseless". So what does it mean for you?

Claims that paracetamol use during pregnancy is linked to the development of autism has stirred confusion among the public ...

When US president Donald Trump claimed on Monday in the Oval Office that taking Tylenol, known as paracetamol elsewhere, "is ...