Name
PARACETAMOL NOVA ARGENTIA 500 mg tablets
Paracetamol


What it is and what it is used for
PARACETAMOLO NOVA ARGENTIA contains the active ingredient paracetamol which belongs to a group of medicines known as analgesics and antipyretics, as they act by relieving pain (analgesic action) and lowering body temperature in case of fever (antipyretic action).
PARACETAMOL NOVA ARGENTIA is used to lower fever in the treatment of influenza or respiratory tract illnesses and to provide relief from mild to moderate pain of varying severity such as headache (cephalea), nerve pain (neuralgia) and muscle pain (myalgia).
Contact your doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 3 days of treatment.


What you need to know before taking the medicine
Do not take PARACETAMOL NOVA ARGENTIA:
- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to paracetamol or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6);
- if you suffer from severe liver problems (severe hepatocellular insufficiency);
- if you suffer from severe haemolytic anaemia, characterised by a low number of red blood cells in the blood.


Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking PARACETAMOL NOVA ARGENTIA. Never exceed the recommended dose.

Take this medicine with caution :
- if you suffer from liver problems such as mild to moderate liver failure, Gilbert's syndrome (a hereditary disease causing yellowing of the skin);
- if you have severe kidney problems (renal failure);
- if you have a rare hereditary disease characterised by low levels of an enzyme known as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Avoid prolonged or frequent use of the medicine without first consulting your doctor and do not take other products containing paracetamol at the same time.

Do not take higher doses than recommended because a higher dose does not increase the pain-relieving action, but may instead cause serious damage to the liver or kidneys. For this reason, contact your doctor as soon as possible if you have taken more PARACETAMOL NOVA ARGENTIA than recommended in this leaflet.

Taking this medicine may alter the results of some laboratory tests such as measuring the levels of uric acid (uricemia) or sugar (glycemia) in the blood.


Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The following side effects may occur:

Frequency not known (cannot be estimated from the available data):
- changes in platelet levels (thrombocytopenia), reduction in red blood cells (anaemia) and alteration of white blood cells (leukopenia and agranulocytosis) in the blood;
- allergies, both in mild form such as skin rashes, erythema, urticaria, and in severe form such as swelling of the face, tongue and throat (angioedema and laryngeal edema), up to anaphylactic shock;
- dizziness;
- abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting (gastrointestinal reactions);
- liver problems (impaired liver function, hepatitis);
- severe skin reactions (including epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme);
- kidney problems, even serious ones (acute renal failure, interstitial nephritis);
- blood in the urine (haematuria), or failure to pass urine (anuria) – a serious condition which can make the blood more acidic (called metabolic acidosis), in patients with a serious illness who use paracetamol (see section 2).

Very rare cases of serious skin reactions have been reported.

Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the national reporting system at: https://www.aifa.gov.it/content/segnalazionireazioni-avverse .
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.