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What is Acetaminophen?

Acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) is one of the most commonly used analgesics (pain relievers) in Western medicine. Widely available either by itself or in cold and flu remedies, it is used to relieve aches and pains on an as-needed basis.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Pain	114	20
Other	57	9
Headaches	16	3
Support another treatment	15	2
General health	13	1
Insomnia	8	1
Awakening due to pain	6	1
Flu-like symptoms	2	1
Earache	1	0
Fever	1	0
headache	1	0
Arthritis	1	0
chills and fever	1	0
painful aching burns	1	0
Pain, arm	1	0
Betaseron Symptoms	1	0
overexertion precipitated relapse	1	0
Pain, eyes	1	0
Inflammation	1	0
Joints ache, whole body	1	0
Osteoarthritis (OA)	1	1
Leg pain (both)	1	0
Sensation	1	0
Optic neuritis (inflammation, optic nerve)	1	0
Taking with Rebif shot	1	0
Mobility	1	0
interferon side-effects	1	0
Sexual dysfunction	1	0
Pain, hand	1	0
avoid side affects of betaseron	1	1

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See all 225 patients currently taking Acetaminophen

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0	0%
Moderate	3	8%
Mild	0	0%
None	34	92%

Most commonly reported side effects

liver problems possible	1	3%
Liver impairment (chronic)	1	3%
Morning grogginess if taken > 10pm	1	3%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 3 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Acetaminophen. See all 72 dosages ►

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Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Acetaminophen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	14	40%
Did not seem to work	6	17%
Course of treatment ended	6	17%
Not indicated	4	11%
Doctor's advice	4	11%
Personal research	3	9%
Side effects too severe	1	3%

See all 34 patients who’ve stopped taking Acetaminophen

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	2	5	40	29	53

Stopped Taking Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	4	7	7	4	9

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	18	49%
Usually	10	27%
Sometimes	8	22%
Never	1	3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	1	3%
Somewhat	0	0%
A little	4	11%
Not at all	32	86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	1	3%
$25-49	2	5%
< $25	24	65%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 37 patient evaluations

HopeLives

Sex: F

Flare-up: Moderate

Sensation: None

Overall: Mild

Cognition: none

Vision: moderate

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate

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HopeLives

since Aug 18, 2008
Efficacy Major for Support another treatment
Side Effects None
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JesswithMS

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: mild

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate

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JesswithMS

500mg as needed

since Aug 20, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects None
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katpalou

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: none

Walking: mild

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katpalou

4000 mg daily

since Dec 13, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips ever four hours helps alot with pain See full evaluation

See all 37 patient evaluations

Forum

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Report created on November 24, 2009.

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