Answer Paracetamol is a pain reliever, somewhat like aspirin. WIKIPEDIA provides a very specific answer as follows: Paracetamol (INN) (IPA: /ËpÃ¦rÉËsiËtÉmÉl, -ËsÉtÉ-/) or acetaminophen (USAN), is the active metabolite of phenacetin, a so-called coal tar analgesic.
There are a number of chemotherapeutic regimens that can be used to treat NSCLC. These are usually reserved 1) for higher stages of lung cancer (stages III and IV) or 2) as adjuvant therapy, that is, to be used after surgery or 3) as neoadjuvant therapy, which is treatment before surgery.
Treating ALS. While we do not yet have a cure for ALS, there is treatment. First, there is medicine, Rilutek, which slows the disease progression by decreasing glutamate levels. In addition there are many ongoing Clinical Trials that use agents that target possible causes of the disease.