Paracetamol is a common medicine for pain and for bringing a fever down. It does not contain aspirin, so people who cannot take aspirin are often given this instead.

Paracetamol普拿疼 is a common medicine是一種常見的藥, for pain and for bringing a fever down用來止痛和退燒。 It does not contain aspirin它不含阿斯匹靈, so people who cannot take aspirin所以不能吃阿斯匹靈的人 are often given this instead常常會改用這個藥。

In the United States the same drug is usually called acetaminophen; the tablet is the same idea with a different name.

In the United States在美國, the same drug is usually called acetaminophen這個藥通常叫做acetaminophen，也就是乙醯胺酚; the tablet is the same idea with a different name藥錠其實是同一種東西，只是換了個名字。

You buy it at a pharmacy for a headache, a cold, or a child’s fever. Used as the packet says, it is ordinary and widespread; taking too much is dangerous for the liver, which is why adults are told not to stack extra doses or mix several cold medicines that all hide the same drug inside.

You buy it你會去 at a pharmacy藥局買這個藥, for a headache, a cold, or a child's fever用來應付頭痛、感冒，或小孩發燒。 Used as the packet says照著包裝上寫的用法吃, it is ordinary and widespread這是很普通、很常見的; taking too much is dangerous for the liver但吃太多對肝不好, which is why adults are told所以大人常被提醒 not to stack extra doses不要疊加額外的劑量 or mix several cold medicines或混著吃好幾種感冒藥 that all hide the same drug inside因為裡面可能都藏著同一種藥。

Though actually, in a Taiwanese home the box on the shelf is very often a brand name, and that is the word people ask for at the pharmacy.

Though actually不過其實, in a Taiwanese home在台灣的家裡, the box on the shelf架子上的那盒藥 is very often a brand name常常是一個品牌名, and而 that is the word people ask for at the pharmacy那也是大家去藥局會直接說的名字。