Paracetamol: pharmacology, prescribing and controversies

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2016 Dec;101(6):331-334. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307287. Epub 2016 May 20.

Authors

Camilla Moriarty¹, Will Carroll²

Affiliations

¹ Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
² Academic Department of Paediatric, Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of the North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

PMID: 27206455
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307287

No abstract available

Keywords: acetaminophen; biology; childhood; paracetamol; pharmacokinetics.

MeSH terms

Acetaminophen / pharmacokinetics*
Acetaminophen / therapeutic use*
Adolescent
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / pharmacokinetics*
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fever / drug therapy*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pain / drug therapy*

Substances

Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Acetaminophen