All you need to know about paracetamol during pregnancy.

A pregnant woman, especially at an early stage, is better not to use medicines at all. Although there are cases in which you just need to drink some kind of analgesic or antipyretic. Here in such cases, paracetamol comes to the rescue, during pregnancy Practically in all indications.

Cases when paracetamol is needed for pregnant women.

First of all, these are colds accompanied by fever. But at the same time the temperature to 38.5 should be removed by folk remedies, tea with honey or jam from raspberries, or an infusion of lime color. But if the temperature ran higher, then this can already become a danger to the pregnant woman, so you just need to drink an antipyretic.

Antipyretics from the series - nurofen, aspirin, and others, refer to anti-inflammatory non-steroid substances, and are contraindicated in pregnancy. And all because they give a lot of complications, both for the mother and for the fetus. Paracetamol during pregnancy, though not a completely safe drug, but, nevertheless, there were no complications after taking in medicine. For example, when I was in the first trimester of pregnancy, I also had to use the "service" of paracetamol. I was put in a hospital with kidney colic during pregnancy 5-6 weeks. And, despite taking this medicine, my son was born healthy, and without any pathologies.

But sometimes paracetamol is necessary in pregnancy and with less dangerous diseases, such as dental or headache. Of course, it is not worth taking it for a long time, but from several times there will not be any harm.

What is paracetamol and its effect.

Paracetamol is an antipyretic and analgesic, with a slight anti-inflammatory effect. Anti - inflammatory effect of paracetamol is due to the fact that it suppresses the process of formation of prostaglandins (biologically active substances) that participate in the inflammation process. The antipyretic effect of this drug is related to its direct effect on the center of thermoregulation, located in the hypothalamus region of the brain.

Paracetamol is rapidly absorbed into the small intestine and rushes into the bloodstream, after which it is distributed in liquid media and in the tissues of the body (except cerebrospinal fluid and adipose tissue). But it also penetrates the fetus through the placental barrier, although it does not cause harm. Its destruction occurs in the liver, and the withdrawal occurs through the urinary canals (metabolic products - metabolites). Although some metabolites have the properties of toxins and can cause damage to tissues, which gives some danger. That's why they advise all pregnant women to take medicines only for the doctor's prescription.

Paracetamol is usually used for a variety of pains - headache, toothache, pain in the muscles and nerves that occur with neuralgia, burns or trauma. In addition, it is taken with infectious and inflammatory diseases of various origins, accompanied by high fever.

This drug is produced under a variety of names (kalpol, paracetamol, panadol or efferalgan), in soluble tablets, tablets, in powder, in suspension for internal administration, in rectal suppositories and in syrup. Paracetamol in pregnancy is prescribed by a doctor not more than 1 tablet in 200 mg. But it's better to use a soluble form, so it will work faster.

There is quite a reasonable question - can paracetamol be pregnant?

Although paracetamol is not a safe medicine, it is not contraindicated to pregnant women, following reasonable measures. But when an overdose of the drug immediately there will be symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, pain in the stomach. There are also some contraindications for taking paracetamol. These are hypersensitivity to the drug, severe kidney and liver diseases, some enzymatic congenital disorders and blood diseases. If you strictly follow the rules of admission and do not have to this contraindication, then you can use it in pregnancy.