acetaminophen

Acetaminophen (uh-see-tuh-min-uh-fuhn) is in a class of medication called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). It helps with a fever because it cools the body down. It does this by changing the way the body senses pain by cooling the body. Therefore the pain is gone. An example of an acetaminophen is Tyenol.