Parasitamoli

(Elekezwa kutoka Paracetamol)

Paracetamol (pia inajulikana kama acetaminophen) ni dawa inayotumika kutibu maumivu na homa.[1][2] Dawa hii kawaida hutumiwa kupunguza maumivu ya chini hadi ya wastani.[1] Ushahidi umechanganyika kuhusiana na matumizi yake ili kupunguza homa kwa watoto.[3][4] Mara nyingi huuzwa pamoja na dawa zingine, kama vile dawa nyingi za baridi.[1] Paracetamol pia hutumiwa kwa maumivu makali, kama vile maumivu ya saratani na maumivu baada ya upasuaji, pamoja na dawa za maumivu ya afyuni.[5] Kwa kawaida, dawa hii hutumiwa ima kwa mdomo au kwa njia ya haja kubwa, lakini pia inapatikana kwa kudungwa sindano kwenye mshipa.[1][6] Madhara yake hudumu kati ya saa mbili hadi nne.[6]

Paracetamol kwa ujumla ni salama katika kipimo kilichopendekezwa.[7] Kiwango cha juu cha kila siku kilichopendekezwa kwa mtu mzima ni gramu tatu hadi nne.[8][9] Viwango vya juu vinaweza kusababisha sumu, pamoja na kushindwa kwa ini.[1] Upele mkubwa wa ngozi unaweza kutokea mara chache.[1] Inaonekana kuwa salama wakati wa ujauzito na wakati wa kunyonyesha.[1] Kwa wale walio na ugonjwa wa ini, bado inaweza kutumika, lakini kwa kipimo cha chini.[10] Imeainishwa kama dawa ya kutuliza maumivu.[6] Haina shughuli kubwa ya kupambana na mwasho.[11] Jinsi inavyofanya kazi sio wazi kabisa.[11]

Paracetamol ilitengenezwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka wa 1877.[12] Ni dawa inayotumika sana kwa maumivu na homa nchini Marekani na Ulaya.[13] Iko kwenye Orodha ya Dawa Muhimu ya Shirika la Afya Ulimwenguni. [14] Paracetamol inapatikana kama dawa ya kawaida, na majina ya chapa ikiwa ni pamoja na Tylenol na Panadol miongoni mwa mengine. [15] Bei yake ya jumla katika nchi zinazoendelea ni chini ya US$0.01 kwa kila dozi.[16] Nchini Marekani, inagharimu takriban US$0.04 kwa kila dozi.[17] Mnamo mwaka wa 2017, ilikuwa dawa ya 25 inayoagizwa zaidi nchini Marekani, ikiwa na maagizo zaidi ya milioni ishirini na nne.[18] [19]

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  2. Lee, WM (Desemba 2017). "Acetaminophen (APAP) hepatotoxicity-Isn't it time for APAP to go away?". Journal of Hepatology. 67 (6): 1324–1331. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2017.07.005. PMC 5696016. PMID 28734939.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
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  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hochhauser, Daniel (2014). Cancer and its Management. John Wiley & Sons. uk. 119. ISBN 9781118468715. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 8 Septemba 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
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  12. Mangus, Brent C.; Miller, Michael G. (2005). Pharmacology application in athletic training. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F.A. Davis. uk. 39. ISBN 9780803620278. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 8 Septemba 2017. Iliwekwa mnamo 5 Agosti 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
  13. Aghababian, Richard V. (22 Oktoba 2010). Essentials of emergency medicine. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. uk. 814. ISBN 978-1-4496-1846-9. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 17 Agosti 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
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