acetaminophen
a crystalline substance, C8H9NO2, used as a headache and pain reliever and to reduce fever.
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How to use acetaminophen in a sentence
I brought acetaminophen, because I know I get headaches when I’m hungry, and ibuprofen for muscle strains.
How to take an overnight trip with your two-wheeled vehicle | Melanie D.G. Kaplan | March 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe liver also processes a large number of pharmaceutical drugs, such as acetaminophen.
Your liver does more than you give it credit for | By Marie-Pierre Hasne/The Conversation | March 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen I went under the knife, I had to make do with acetaminophen, which just isn’t suitable for durable pain relief—and does nothing for the inflammation that follows surgically injured tissue.
Doctors and patients face a painkiller crisis, even as they fight COVID | matthewheimer | December 16, 2020 | FortuneOne was denied, in part because he’d already been to the doctor, and the denial noted he’d received acetaminophen pain medication.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken | by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ | December 2, 2020 | ProPublicaNew London Pharmacy said one of its regular distributors stopped shipping Percocet, a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen.
Patients struggle to access prescription opioids after New York tax drives away suppliers | lbelanger225 | November 15, 2020 | Fortune
More compellingly, the more and the earlier Mom took acetaminophen, the stronger the association.
Now that a Danish study has associated maternal use of acetaminophen with ADHD, mothers are likely to panic.
Scientific definitions for acetaminophen
[ ə-sē′tə-mĭn′ə-fən, ăs′ə- ]
A crystalline compound used in medicine to relieve pain and reduce fever. Chemical formula: C8H9NO2.
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