Antipyretics

An antipyretic is a medicine that is used to reduce high body temperature. Often such drugs are taken for feverish conditions caused by infectious diseases such as influenza, colds or pneumonia. Modern antipyretic drugs include various groups of drugs, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

**Antipyretics (antipyretics)** are medications intended to reduce body temperature if it increases due to infectious and inflammatory diseases and some other reasons. In the territory of the former USSR, since the mid-19th century, they have been known as “antipyretic” or simply “fever”. They are used for diseases accompanied by an increase in body temperature, such as flu, colds, sore throat and other infectious diseases, to relieve pain, etc. There are a large number of antipyretic drugs, but only a small number of them are true antipyretic drugs.

There are two large groups of antipyretics - centrally acting antipyretics, which act not on the source of inflammation itself, but on the thermoregulation center (thermoregulatory substance) located in the hypothalamus, and drugs that reduce temperature as a result of direct thermal effects on the brain centers or by the release of interferon. In addition, the antipyretic effect may be due to the antiseptic or analgesic effect of the drug.

Antipyretics actually have an antipyretic effect, anti-inflammatory effect and have a general therapeutic effect on the entire body. The antipyretic effect occurs 30 minutes after taking the drug. Most antipyretics have two disadvantages: side effects and a strong effect on the central nervous system, which impairs coordination of movements and reduces the level of wakefulness. After