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Article states paracetamol is preferred over ibuprofen for COVID 19, but sources do not support this.

The article states: "During the COVID-19 pandemic it was widely considered by the scientific community as the main and most effective analgesic medication to treat symptoms of COVID-19.[148][149][150][151]"

However, [150] states: "In this cohort of COVID-19 patients, ibuprofen use was not associated with worse clinical outcomes, compared with paracetamol or no antipyretic."

Sources [148] and [149] are literally talking about how the news of ibuprofen worsening COVID-19 is unsubstantiated. (Source [151] is the unsubstantiated news article about ibuprofen being bad)

[148] doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000713

[149] doi:10.1136/bmj.m1555

[150] doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.003

[151] https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1086.abstract

Thus, I am appending "but this was found to be unsubstantiated" to the text.

Play150 (talk) 00:00, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think this paragraph offers any useful information. There is no special relationship between paracetamol and COVID, why mention it? I’d advocate for removing this (and the numerous references).

103.51.114.101 (talk) 22:53, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Intro reads like a snipe-job made by an ibuprofen manufacturer

I propose removing all references to other drugs and focusing on paracetamol 37.170.48.46 (talk) 17:36, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the lead paragraph includes too many comparisons. But there's nothing wrong with including comparisons later in the lead section. --Macrakis (talk) 18:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Much of the article has an oddly negative tone to it, although it is well referenced. A lay reader coming to it for information is likely to conclude that paracetamol doesn't do very much and is extremely dangerous. Few medical professionals hold this view. It really needs a copyedit by an expert editor to address these WP:WEIGHT issues. --Ef80 (talk) 14:22, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree! Especially with the "undue weight" aspect!!! Looking through the edit history, the page was SIGNIFICANTLY altered by user name "The Sceptical Chymist" back in March 2021. I would love to see this page go back to how it was before then. When I have time, I'll look into trying to change some of it, but I'm brand new to contributing on Wikipedia and this is a daunting task. Alyssa817 (talk) 00:24, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV Dispute

Numerous edits by a single editor throughout March 2021 have lead to this article reading like an argument against the use of paracetamol/acetaminophen. This is especially apparently in the introduction, and it occurs throughout the article. These edits are heavily cited, but undue weight is given to these arguments. Some of the citations are primary sources.

(I would like to be active in reshaping this article to align with Wikipedia policies, but I am new to contributing and I am overwhelmed.) Alyssa817 (talk) 01:28, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alyssa817 - itemize your issues here first. The lede statements are well-sourced, and there have been few lede changes over recent months. Zefr (talk) 02:07, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Peracetamol

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