Which of the following is used as antipyretic ?
Question : Which of the following is used as antipyretic ?
(1) Paracetamol
(2) Chloroquine
(3) Chloramphenicol
(4) LSD
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Answer : all in above options the (1) Paracetamol is correct answer.
details explanation of answer : antipyretic drug are those medicines which are used in fever , these drug reduced fever or prevent fever so answer is (1) Paracetamol is used as antipyretic drug to reduce fever.
How antipyretic reduced body temperature or fever ?
prostaglandin is a body substance which induced fever or it increases body temperature. On other hand antipyretic is a substance which hypothalamus over ride prostaglandin and try to reduced body temperature or fever and maintain body temperature normal state.
Paracetamol is a drug which is generally known as acetaminophen and its chemical formula is given as “C8H9NO2” another or technical term is used for Paracetamol is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol. Paracetamol is used to reduced fever that’s why this is called antipyretic or we can say that this is used as antipyretic.
The structure of Paracetamol is given below –

Paracetamol
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