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A striking side effect of paracetamol

A striking side effect of paracetamol

Paracetamol is one of the best-selling painkillers in the world. The paracetamol not only soothes the pain, it also affects your empathy.

This is probably because our empathy is regulated in the same brain region as physical pain. A paracetamol would therefore not only affect pain, but at the same time can make you less compassionate with others.