Analgesic and Antipyretic (Pain Relief and Body Heat Reduction)

Pain medication is a general term for analgesics. Although these drugs reduce pain, anti-pain drugs do not cure the disease that causes the pain. Simple pain relievers can be purchased without a doctor's prescription. There are two types of painkillers that can be used, namely paracetamol (or acetaminophen) or acetosal. Both are heat-lowering drugs (fever medicines). Strong anti-pain drugs such as NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and narc--otic analgesics (which cause drowsiness) need a doctor's prescription

a. When given

Paracetamol

• Relieves pain, for example headache, toothache, pain after surgery
• Reduce fever

Acetosal

• Relieves pain, for example headaches, muscle aches
• Reduce fever
• Anti-inflammatory, such as rheumatoid arthritis, bone rheumatism

NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory drugs not steroids)

• Relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in bones, joints and non-joints
• Relieve symptoms due to trauma to muscles and bones or joints, such as sprains.
• Relieve mild to moderate pain such as menstrual pain, pain after surgery.

b. Procedure

• Inhibiting the production of pain-causing compounds.
• Inhibiting the center of pain awareness in the brain.

c. Complication

Complication of Paracetamol:

• Rarely, unless the dose is high or too long
• High dose and long term use cause
• liver and kidney damage

Complication of Asetosal:

• Gastric irritation / stomach ulcers, causing pain, nausea and vomiting.
• The ears buzz during long-term use.
• Exchange blood clots.
• Reye's syndrome can occur, which is a disease that attacks the liver and brain in children aged less than 6 years.
• Allergic reactions, such as skin rashes.

Complication of  NSAIDS:

• Gastric irritation, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea
• Bleeding disorders
• Allergic reactions, nausea, skin rashes
• Analgesic types of narcotics:
• Nauseous vomit
• Dizzy, sleepy
• Constipation
• Hooked

d. Attention

• Take pain medications after eating, or with a glass of low-fat milk.
• Do not take pain medication for pain in the chest and abdomen, where the diagnosis of the disease depends on the pattern of pain.
• As an anti-pain and pain medication, don't give aspirin to children under 6 years of age, because of the danger of Reye's Syndrome.
• Do not take aspirin together with other NSAIDS drugs 
• Check with your doctor if after 5 days the pain does not subside or after 2 days the heat does not go down.

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