When you have a pain somewhere in your body, whether it be your head or period cramps, do you consciously reach for ibuprofen ...

A pharmacist has explained whether ibuprofen or paracetamol is best for headaches - and when people should take it. In the UK millions of both pills are taken every day around the country and both ...

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 ...

And now, a US study has found that paracetamol may do a lot more than simply take the edge off your headache. The drug, also called acetaminophen, is a workhorse painkiller, mainly because it's ...

Recently paracetamol has been in the headlines again, because a scientific paper in a major journal (the British Medical Journal) reported that it was ineffective for lower back pain, and indeed ...