Curious Kids: How does pain medicine work in the body?
- Written by Ric Day, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, UNSW
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!
I want to understand how pain medicine like Panadol works in our body. – Freddie, age 6, Melbourne.
In short, pain medicine is able...
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