Paracetamol-Ratiopharm
This medicine relieves pain and reduces fever, helping with conditions like headache, toothache, and menstrual pain.
How to Use
Dosage
Adults and children over 12 years (over 40 kg): 1–2 tablets as needed. For children under 12 years (over 17 kg), the dose is based on body weight, as directed by a doctor or pharmacist.
Method
Take the tablet with liquid, with or without food.
Do not exceed 6 tablets per day for adults. For children, the maximum dose is 15 mg per kg of body weight, up to 3 times a day, and should not be exceeded without a doctor's prescription.
Possible Side Effects
- •Drowsiness
- •Nausea
- •Vomiting
- •Dizziness
- •Nervousness
- •Heartburn
- •Diarrhea
- •Stomach pain
- •Constipation
- •Headache
- •Sweating
- •Low body temperature
- •Skin redness
- •Liver damage
- •Low numbers of platelets and white blood cells
- •Lack of a certain type of white blood cell (agranulocytosis)
- •Low count of all blood cells
- •A type of anemia where red blood cells are destroyed (hemolytic anemia)
- •Narrowing of the airways
- •Severe allergic reactions (swelling, difficulty breathing, low blood pressure, even shock)
- •Very severe skin reactions (like Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis)
- •Too much acid in the blood (metabolic acidosis), causing rapid breathing, confusion, and tiredness in at-risk patients
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to paracetamol or any other ingredients in this medicine.
- Talk to a doctor if you have liver or kidney problems, are severely underweight, dehydrated, have a long-term illness from alcohol use, or have blood poisoning (sepsis).
- Do not use with other medicines that contain paracetamol to avoid overdose.
- Alcohol can increase the risk of liver damage when taking this medicine.
- If your symptoms do not improve after 3 days or get worse, see a doctor.
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- Taking too much can cause severe liver damage. Do not take more than the recommended dose.
Use in Elderly Patients
Suitable for older adults. The recommended maximum dose for long-term use is 2 grams per day. Can be used concurrently with warfarin only if INR values are monitored. Consider paracetamol in OTC drugs and combination products. Risk of poisoning with daily doses over 4 grams. (updated 14.4.2025)