BOOTS have urgently recalled paracetamol tablets from shelves and warned shoppers to avoid taking them. The high street pharmacy stuck a "do not take" alert on a batch of its 500mg tablets.

Paracetamol is the world’s most popular painkiller and is used in a whole range of over-the-counter preparations and also on prescription. One of the advantages of paracetamol is that it isn’t ...

The French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products has alerted healthcare professionals and parents about a concerning trend known as the “Paracetamol Challenge” that ...

When you have a pain somewhere in your body, whether it be your head or period cramps, do you consciously reach for ibuprofen or paracetamol, or do you take whichever one you have to hand?

New research coming out from the University of Nottingham has found that repeated use of common over-the-counter painkiller paracetamol in people aged 65 or over can lead to an increased risk of ...

The High Street pharmacy chain Boots is asking customers to return packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets because a labelling error incorrectly states they are a ...