Paracetamol Infusion 100ml
Paracetamol is indicated for
short-term treatment of moderate pain, especially following surgery
short-term treatment of fever, when administration by intravenous route is clinically justified by an urgent need to treat pain or hyperthermia and/or when other routes of administration are not possible.
The 100 ml bottle is restricted to adults, adolescents and children weighing more than 33 kg.
Pharmacotherapeutic group:
Analgesics; Other analgesics and antipyretics; Anilides
ATC Code: N02BE01
Mechanism of action
The precise mechanism of the analgesic and antipyretic properties of paracetamol has still to be established; it may involve central and peripheral actions.
Pharmacodynamic effects
Paracetamol provides onset of pain relief within 5 to 10 minutes after the start of administration. The peak analgesic effect is obtained in 1 hour and the duration of this effect is usually 4 to 6 hours.
Paracetamol reduces fever within 30 minutes after the start of administration with a duration of the antipyretic effect of at least 6 hours.
