Taking Paracetamol on a regular basis may do more harm than good to you.
Paracetamol has, until now, been regarded as especially helpful for those who cannot take painkilling non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen as they may be allergic to NSAIDs.
A growing evidence from studies conducted across the world links the drug to a number of very serious side-effects like asthma and developmental defects, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, as well as potentially lethal heart and kidney problems in adults, and even a risk of death from rare, but excruciating, skin reactions.
Over recent months, other evidence has emerged that should make people wary of using paracetamol as a first resort when feeling pain.
In February, a report in the respected journal JAMA Pediatrics warned that children born to women who used paracetamol during pregnancy may have an increased risk of ADHD and other behavioural problems.
The best known danger of paracetamol is an overdose, intentional or otherwise. Excess paracetamol can overwhelm the liver’s processing abilities and cause damage, resulting in acute liver failure which can prove fatal.
John Dickson, a Middlesbrough GP and community rheumatologist, who was once a clinical adviser for Nice guidance on osteoarthritis, is particularly concerned by research showing that sustained paracetamol use over months or years causes gastric bleeding.
He said: “This is particularly dangerous for elderly people, because this causes the loss of haemoglobin – the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen.”
Other American research has linked long-term use of paracetamol with blood cancer. In one study of nearly 65,000 people, taking paracetamol for at least four days a week for four years was linked to nearly double the risk of being diagnosed with leukaemia or lymphoma.
However, Professor Donald Singer, a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, said Paracetamol is a useful drug if used in the right way, adding that it is a powerful drug with powerful side effects when taken excessively.

Okay o. At least am not at risk cos any time I feel slight headache, I usually take water and get some rest. I dislike taking anything drug.

Beync: Okay o. At least am not at risk cos any time I feel slight headache, I usually take water and get some rest. I dislike taking anything drug.

if yO don't like druqs..yO wil like injections or herb.....

Beync: Okay o. At least am not at risk cos any time I feel slight headache, I usually take water and get some rest. I dislike taking anything drug.

just like me.... Drugs are too bitter and they smell like puke

God help my mother! D way she de reach out to paracetamol sef de wonder me sef.
Nothing nor de kill pesin these days.

Beync: Okay o. At least am not at risk cos any time I feel slight headache, I usually take water and get some rest. I dislike taking anything drug.

u neva see anything. Pray not to see what will make u and drugs to bcome friends. Water and mere relaxing ur body cure does cure all ailment.
NB: i hate drug too.

Beazy: if yO don't like druqs..yO wil like injections or herb.....

I freeze the last time I took injection, it doesn't feel good at all. I can close my eyes, cease my breath and take lemon grass.

caseless: u neva see anything. Pray not to see what will make u and drugs to bcome friends. Water and mere relaxing ur body cure does cure all ailment.
NB: i hate drug too.

yea when I was given some drugs to take for 5days, eba was always by my side. I couldn't have missed those drugs so I got to take them one way or the other.

nnadychuks: just like me.... Drugs are too bitter and they smell like puke

very very

I hardly take drug, only when I used to have toothache. I prefer to rest and let my body heal itself.

Chill water, chill environment and chill linkin park+coldplay and ofcourse quietness= freedom from aches. Thoughts of Drugs and injections scare ailments away.

Does it mean we shouldn't take paracetamol again