Lemsip Cold & Flu Sachets (Paracetamol And Phenylephrine)

Paracetamol Is To Relieve Pain By Reducing The Sensitise Nerve Endings, So That When That Area Is Stimulated It Causes Pain (Presumably To Prevent Us From Causing Further Harm To The Area).

Paracetamol Reduces Fever By Affecting An Area Of The Brain That Regulates Our Body Temperature (The Hypothalamic Heat-Regulating Centre).

Phenylephrine Relieves A Blocked Nose By Causing The Blood Vessels In The Linings Of The Nasal Passages And Sinuses To Contract And Narrow. This Decreases Blood Flow Into The Linings Of The Nose And Sinuses, Which Reduces The Feeling Of Congestion And Also Reduces The Production Of Mucus.

Lemsip Max All in One Cold Relief Capsules and hot drinks (paracetamol, guaifenesin, phenylephrine hydrochloride).

These three active ingredients have different actions to relieve your symptoms.

Paracetamol is to relieve pain by reducing the production of prostaglandins in the brain and spinal cord. It works to bring down a fever by affecting an area of the brain that regulates our body temperature (the hypothalamic heat-regulating centre). This stops you feeling hot or shivery.

Expectorants such as guaifenesin are used to treat a productive, chesty or mucus cough, where you cough up phlegm. Guaifenesin helps to thin and loosen the mucus in the airways, making it easier to cough up.

Phenylephrine relieves a blocked nose by causing the blood vessels in the linings of the nasal passages and sinuses to contract and narrow. This decreases blood flow into the linings of the nose and sinuses, which reduces the feeling of congestion and also reduces the production of mucus.

Lemsip max all in one capsules and hot drinks (paracetamol, guaifenesin, phenylephrine hydrochloride).