Medicinal-drug use without medical control or supervision is a problem, therefore its use must be responsible to avoid health problems.

Researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH) have carried out a study in which they analyse the impact of a series of drugs on the brain.

The study’s called The cognitive footprint of the use of medicines and concludes that although there are few drugs with “positive cognitive effects, the volume of use is quite high.”

Medication that is beneficial to a part of the body that requires drug treatment, can affect other parts of the organism such as memory. Furthermore, it is common that when a person has a condition, instead of going to the doctor, he or she self medicates, which is something that is very dangerous.

One of those drugs or medicines is Paracetamol, which can produce memory loss. In fact, Paracetamol, is one of the most used medications worldwide and in Spain is one of those that causes the most memory failures.

“The data shows a consistent correlation between the consumption of Paracetamol and memory failures in several tests” according to the study. It is a “medicine consisting of an adverse effect that, due to the frequency of use, has a large negative footprint.”

Furthermore, the study also demonstrates that Paracetamol causes renal toxicity, alterations in blood formula, allergic dermatitis or hypoglycemia. Other occasional effects are nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, anemia or skin rashes.

(News: Spain)

Keywords: Paracetemol, Memory Loss, Self Medicate, National Institute of Health, Study

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Reader’s comment: “I’ve just had a quick read of the original study and its an interesting piece of work. The authors point out that “these correlative associations cannot prove causation” so maybe don’t throw away all your paracetamol yet.

Paracetamol usage seems to correlate with slightly lower scores on a variety of memory tests. Glucosamine, ibuprofen and omega-3 all correlate with slightly higher scores. However none of these findings are based on studying the changes in individuals over a period of time, just comparing the score of individuals in the database with drugs that they report taking.

The study does not demonstrate or mention the other possible side effects of paracetamol that you list as it is purely focused on memory performance.” – David Cox

Thank you, David, for what you have pointed out as we appreciate all input, especially that which improves the information contained in an article – Martin