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Does it have an inflammatory component? Paracetamol is an analgesic and antipyretic, but it is not anti-inflammatory. And there are other divergences e.g. ibup
by masklinn 4y ago
Does it have an inflammatory component?
Paracetamol is an analgesic and antipyretic, but it is not anti-inflammatory. And there are other divergences e.g. ibuprofen has been linked to protecting against Parkinson’s, where neither paracetamol nor aspirin (which is an anti-inflammatory) have shown such property.
The TLDR is that they’re different molecules, and while they have overlap in their antipyretic and analgesic properties, that does not make them substitutable in all cases.
- wiz21c 4y agoDam, forgot that. Ibuprofen definitely is NSAID and I do have inflammatory condition. So yeah, that's why it works. Thanks for reminding me :-)