Does paracetamol lower normal body temperature?
It will not lower a normal temperature. Acetaminophen inhibits the making of a chemical in the brain that raises body temperature, called prostaglandins. If the chemical is not being made because there is no fever or stimulus to raise body temperature, the chemical continues not to be made, so still no fever and still no raised body temperature. The fact that there is no raised body temperature does not mean it will lower it. 0 + 0 = 0. Hope that helps.
The hypothalamus in the brain has a thermostatic mechanism which controls body temperature. During fever or higher temperatures, a protein called pyrogen is generated. This increases the synthesis of a compound called prostaglandin in the hypothalamus, raising its temperature set point. Paracetamol acts as an antipyretic and inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandin. Paracetamol reduces fever by promoting heat loss (through sweating and cutaneous vasodilation) and thus helps reset the hypothalamic thermostat. Your body temperature may drop very slightly but will then regulate and stay the same if you are not suffering from fever.
one of paracetamol properties is its antipyretic properties.Antipyretics cause the hypothalamus to override an interleukin-induced increase in temperature.The body will then work to lower the temperature and the result is a reduction in fever.antipyretic literally means (against the fire),so if you dont have a fever,They will not normally lower body temperature if one does not have a fever.
