Urgent warning to millions as paracetamol is found to raise risk of life-threatening conditions

YOU have a pounding headache after a glass of wine too many?

Or perhaps that old shoulder strain is playing up again.

What do you do? There is a good chance that you will grab those faithful white pills lurking in your medicine cabinet.

Paracetamol, also called acetaminophen, is the workhorse painkiller, mainly because it’s viewed as cheap, safe and effective.