How to Use paracetamol in a Sentence

paracetamol

noun
  • Doctors initially told her the pain was caused by stress and her hormones and sent her away with paracetamol.
    Mark Cardwell | Swns, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • The drugs include over-the-counter painkiller and fever reducer paracetamol and finished pills that include it.
    Dria Roland, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Strong pills of acetominophen (paracetamol) help as do Lemsips or Theraflu.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Queued behind 2 people both buying the max amount of ibuprofen and paracetamol.. Pharmacist said stocks of that sort of thing are fairly low!
    Deirdre Hipwell, Bloomberg.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • There is no need for people to go out and panic buy at supermarkets, paracetamol and canned food or toilet paper.
    Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Deaths from overdoses of paracetamol (the active ingredient in Tylenol) dropped by 44% in 11 years.
    The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • France already has stricter rules than many other countries regarding the sale of painkillers, and moved products like paracetamol and ibuprofen behind the counter earlier this year.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Grunenthal markets it as Tramal as well as Zaldiar, tramadol combined with paracetamol.
    Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • And so there was nothing that initially worried her about Sam’s pills, medication that combined paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) and codeine.
    Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The list includes antibiotics and products like paracetamol, a common pain-reliever.
    NBC News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Ebola symptoms are also similar to common killers like malaria and typhoid, so those afraid of going to a treatment center often try to self-medicate at home with paracetamol to reduce fever.
    Washington Post, 26 July 2019
  • A recent study suggests that alcohol could be more effective at cutting discomfort than paracetamol, or acetaminophen (aka Tylenol).
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 4 May 2017
  • The minister, Olivier Véran, recommended that people with fevers take paracetamol, the European generic name for acetaminophen, and didn’t offer any evidence to back up the recommendation.
    Maryn McKenna, Wired, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Initially, a representative for the World Health Organization reportedly said at a press conference on Tuesday that patients should use paracetamol or acetaminophen in favor of ibuprofen.
    Dr. Chloë E. Nunneley, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Because of my coronavirus symptoms, I was not allowed anti-inflammatory medicine (which my doctor said might be dangerous for Covid-19 patients—though other medical professionals dispute this), so I was given paracetamol and a dose of morphine.
    Ariane Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Apr. 2020
  • In view of the humanitarian aspects of the pandemic, it has been decided that India would license paracetamol and HCQ in appropriate quantities to all our neighboring countries who are dependent on our capabilities.
    Fortune, 7 Apr. 2020

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