In a long-standing dispute over the pricing control of non-scheduled drugs, the Delhi High Court has granted interim relief ...

Paediatricians have warned parents to stop the routine or preventive use of paracetamol in babies before or immediately after vaccination, stressing that it should only be administered if the child ...

Australian researchers tested drugs at intestinal concentrations similar to those found in humans, making the results highly relevant to real-world clinical use.

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

Like other EU nations, Belgium has increasingly experienced medicine shortages that vex pharmacists, exasperate patients and ...

Between mysterious abbreviations, chemical names, and hurried handwriting, understanding prescriptions can feel impossible.

A medical study has warned that regular use of paracetamol could increase the risk of certain life-threatening conditions. Previously considered a safe drug for patients, it's now been found that ...

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, ...

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

Pregnant women are often excluded from clinical trials, leaving an evidence gap and enabling unsubstantiated claims, write Caroline Dale and colleagues On 22 September, US president Donald Trump, ...

Paracetamol is available over-the-counter at virtually every pharmacy and supermarket across the country. The medication is praised for relieving a wide range of aches, pains and flu-like symptoms, ...