MCQ
Antipyretics are medicinal compounds which:
- ✓Lowers body temperature
- BRelieves pain
- CControls malaria
- DCan kill other organisms
✓
Answer
Correct option: A.
Lowers body temperature
Antipyretics are used to lower body temperature. Antipyretic cause the hypothalamus to override an interleukin induced increase in temperature. The body then works to lower the temperature, resulting in a reduction in fever.
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