Het probleem met de octopus paracetamol
13 Apr, 2017
Door: Gabriël Devriendt
In mei 2014 stond op de cover van het wetenschappelijk tijdschrift ‘The New Scientist’ een artikel met de titel: ‘The Dark Side of Paracetamol’. Eigenaardig te horen dat er problemen zijn met de meest, zonder voorschrift, verkochte pijnstiller. Voor een relatief groot aantal mensen is paracetamol zelfs een dagelijks gebruikt ‘geneesmiddel’. Blijkbaar zijn maar weinig mensen op de hoogte van de mogelijke problemen van paracetamol.1
Over welke problemen gaat het hier? Paracetamol, ook bekend als ‘acetaminophen’ (of onder de merknamen zoals Tylenol, Dafalgan, Panadol), wordt algemeen gebruikt als eerstekeusbehandeling van elke vorm van pijn en koorts. Paracetamol wordt namelijk als veilig bestempeld, doordat het niet de bijwerking van verhoogde kans op maagbloeding heeft, zoals bijvoorbeeld de pijnstillers ibuprofen2 en aspirine3. Bij zwangerschap worden deze laatste ook vermeden, wegens hun mogelijk verhoogd risico op hartafwijkingen4, waardoor paracetamol de voorkeur krijgt. In het artikel van de New Scientist wordt gesteld dat langdurig gebruik van paracetamol evengoed de maag kan beschadigen en dat het nauwelijks beter werkt dan een placebo.
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