New studies uncover the side effects of paracetamol

When we have very bad head, joint or fever, it is very common for the doctor to prescribe paracetamol, an over-the-counter medication with few contraindications. But, apparently, not as safe as you thought.

According to a study by Jennifer Crocker and Baldwin M. Way of Ohio State University and Dominik Mischkowski of the US National Institutes of Health, paracetamol use can reduce empathy that a person has for her. d & # 39; Other

This research was called "A Social Analgesic? Paracetamol Reduces Positive Empathy" and was led by Professor Dominik Mischkowski.

In this study, 114 participants received 1,000 milligrams of paracetamol or an inactive placebo. During this experiment, neither study coordinators nor participants were aware that they had received acetaminophen or placebo.

The results of the study revealed that while paracetamol decreases personal pleasure and empathy towards others, it has no effect on the perceptions of pleasure and positivity of those who consume this medicine.

This is not the first time that Mischkowski badyzes paracetamol and its effects.

"We conducted the first study to determine how, pharmacologically, the ability to respond to pain (through paracetamol) also decreased the ability to respond to the pain of others," he explained in 2016.

In this previous study, participants responded to scenarios in which a person experienced some type of physical or emotional pain. These results have continued to aggravate the problems badociated with the effects of paracetamol because it is one of the most commonly consumed over-the-counter medications (usually to reduce pain and fever).

The most curious thing about this research is that science still can not know why paracetamol produces this negative effect on a psychological quality such as empathy. Researchers agree that the use of this drug reduces the intensity of emotional reactions in general. The results and scope of these investigations were published in the journal "Cognitive, Emotional and Social Neuroscience".

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