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Letter: Paracetamol as panacea or placebo

Published 27 May 2015

From Jennifer Hush

You mention that paracetamol “blunts emotions” (18 April, p 7). For several years, on occasions when for no reason I felt negative, anxious or stressed, I would take two paracetamol. In 20 to 30 minutes I felt back to normal. I just assumed it was all in my head.
Edinburgh, UK

Issue no. 3023 published 30 May 2015

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