What happens if you mix paracetamol or panadol with cough syrup?

Answer 1

Probably nothing will happen if you mix paracetamol or Panadol with cough syrup unless the cough suryp contains paracetamol too. There are for example some cough syrups that do contain paracetamol like Panadol Babies cough syrup. As long as you don't mix 2 or more drugs both containing paracetamol nothing will happen (if there aren't any other side effects beside paracetamol overdosing). However if you do take 2 paracetamol drugs you will get a headache and disorientation, and you should see a doctor immediately. If you have mixed only 2 drugs nothing serious will happen. However if you take a big overdose of paracetamol (on purpose or not) there is a big chance that you may die. If anything like this happens you must see a doctor immediately. Taking an overdose of paracetamol causes mainly inability of the liver to function. Causing a slow and very painful death. The patient gets irreversible and fatal liver damage and dies. The liver will begin to fail which will lead to jaundice (evidenced by a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes) abdominal pains, nausea, disorientation, confusion and if untreated soon after initial symptoms of the overdose - then it will lead to coma and shortly thereafter death. However there are people that have made it through all this and survived thanks to rapid treatment and if the antidote was successful - then this will lead to a very long and slow recovery with the prospect of future liver problems or if they are actually lucky the liver is a resilient organ which can over time repair. This is a very common problem. People may accidentally mix 2 paracetamol drugs and get only a headache but if someone tries to commit suicide with a big paracetamol overdose it is very likely that he would die. In your case probably nothing will happen or you can get only a headache. All this happens because paracetamol destroys the liver. You can also see that on every paracetamol drug packing is written that you should not take the drug if you have already taken/will take another drug that contains paracetamol.

Answer 2

All i know is i recently had my wisdom teeth out and was all good 5 days later until I ran out of panadine forte. Then I took panadol and nurofen together just before going to bed. All night I was up with severe stomach and abdominal pains and diarrhea/constipation. I don't know aye, but I won't be doing that again...ever. I'm at work and tyring to figure out how to feel better, because it still comes and goes! Any ideas?