Acetaminophen or Paracetamol (Calpol (250mg)) helps to reduce fever and to relieve a headache with mild to moderate pain. It is also used with other pain medications to treat low back pain, ...

It’s a staple in every family medicine cabinet but top paediatricians have warned that parents are putting their children’s health at risk by being too quick to give them Calpol. Being given Calpol ...

Last year we were all scared by the idea that Calpol had been deemed the ‘heroin of childhood’, but now it has also been linked to asthma. Children who take paracetamol during their first two years of ...

"I always tell parents to think of these two medicines separately. It is crucial not to overdose the child." 'For example, if the thermometer reads 38.5C but the child is in good form, there's usually ...

When children are poorly parents can end up spending a fair amount on liquid paracetamol. But one parent's post about how cheap you can buy it for has sparked a row over whether families should be ...

Excessive Calpol consumption may lead to asthma or liver, heart and kidney damage [Photo: Rex] When a child is ill, Calpol is the go-to medicine for most parents. But too much of it could be damaging, ...

In order to counter Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action of stop sale order for paracetamol brand Calpol 60 ml syrup on account of overpricing, GlaxoSmithKline claims that therapeutic ...

High street pharmacies are struggling to get hold of children's painkillers as a new wave of drugs shortages affects patients. Warehouses are virtually empty of several types of liquid painkiller, ...

[9 AUGUST 2023, LONDON, UK] – The CALPOL® brand has teamed up with Tesco for a new recycling trial to give people an easy way to dispose of hard-to-recycle medicine packaging and materials. With the ...