A wonder drug

May 2011

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May 2011

First aid kit equipped and ready to go. Photo: Henry Worsp
It is almost second nature to us to stock paracetamol in our first aid kits and to administer it freely for any painful ailment that might influence our quality of existence. But how much do we really know about the drug and its uses? Paracetamol is an abbreviation of the para-acetylaminophenol and was first used […]

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