Why paracetamol – one of the world’s most common painkillers – works
A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.
Boxes of paracetamol are pictured on the production line for UPSA brand of Bristol-Myers Squibb Group at the company's factory in Le Passage, near Agen, France March 29, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/REGIS DUVIGNAU)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
