My husband takea 2 paracetamol morning and night for his arthritis, and has done for some years. He has regular liver & kidney function tests though, as he is on other heavy duty medication.
I have been giving Mum 1 paracetamol tablet morning and bed time now for pain releif.
I have noticed now towards 5pm until bed time, she doesn't exactly pace, but she is up and down out of her chair, and will stand at the kitchen bench. No sooner if you tell her to take a seat, she is up again before long standing at the kitchen bench.
Will see if I can get her to try paracetamol with her dinner instead to see if it makes any difference.
She is on a low dose Nortiptyline at bed time for pain/muscle relaxant as well as the paracetamol, and although she goes to sleep quicker she is still up out of bed several times from 3 am onwards. GP does not want to prescribe any sleeping aids.
College Girl on the advice of the geritrician, Mum was recently taken off her Nortriptyline and given another med. Nortriptyline not entirely compatible with Donepezil. It has an anti cholinergic effect.
After 4 weeks of hell, constipation, anxiety, not eating etc, I said to Mums GP, that it had worked well for past 2 yrs, I would rather she go back on the Nortriptyline. He agreed.
It has taken another 4 weeks for her to get back to where she was.