Alcoholic beverages and driving a motor vehicle or operating heavy machinery should be avoided while taking this product. May cause drowsiness or excitability, especially in children. Persons with asthma, glaucoma, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart or thyroid disease, difficulty in urination due to enlarged prostate gland or taking an antidepressant drug, should use only as directed by a physician. The recommended doses should not be exceeded because at higher doses nervousness, dizziness, or sleeplessness may occur.
This product is not recommended to be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding unless advised by a healthcare professional.
This product should not be given to children under 6 years of age.
Rarely, paracetamol may cause serious skin reactions such as acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), which can be fatal. Patients should be informed about the signs of serious skin reaction and use of the drug should be discontinued at the first appearance of skin rash or any other sign of hypersensitivity.