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What is Paracetamol?

Paracetamol is an international brand name for the analgesic acetaminophen. It is used for mild pain and is often combined with other medications such as codeine.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 6 0
slow als 1 0

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Dosages

  1000mg as needed 20 mg as needed 350 mg daily 500 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Paracetamol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
1 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Paracetamol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Paracetamol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
1
1
0
0

Stopped Taking Paracetamol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.