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Is it possible to take ponstan and mersyndol (450mg paracetamol, 9.75mg codeine) together? it is for period pain. nothing seems to take it away

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Yes: Paracetamol is Tylenol (acetaminophen) in the US. It is safe to take these two medications together at the doses you mentioned. You could take them every 6 hours.

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Answered 7/26/2017

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