Editing Paracetamol (section)

===Naming===
''Paracetamol'' is the [[Australian Approved Name]]<ref>{{cite book |title=TGA Approved Terminology for Medicines |section=Section 1 – Chemical Substances |date=July 1999 |publisher=Therapeutic Goods Administration, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government |page= 97 |url=http://www.tga.gov.au/pdf/medicines-approved-terminology-chemical.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140211201639/http://www.tga.gov.au/pdf/medicines-approved-terminology-chemical.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2014}}</ref> and [[British Approved Name]]<ref name="MacintyreRowbotham2008"/> as well as the [[international nonproprietary name]] used by the WHO and in many other countries; ''acetaminophen'' is the [[United States Adopted Name]]<ref name="MacintyreRowbotham2008"/> and [[Japanese Accepted Name]] and also the name generally used in Canada,<ref name="MacintyreRowbotham2008"/> Venezuela, Colombia, and Iran.<ref name= "MacintyreRowbotham2008">{{cite book |vauthors = Macintyre P, Rowbotham D, Walker S |title=Clinical Pain Management Second Edition: Acute Pain |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CLcsngfC9gQC&pg=PA85 |date=26 September 2008 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-340-94009-9 |page=85 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160817202730/https://books.google.com/books?id=CLcsngfC9gQC&pg=PA85 |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref><ref name=INN>{{cite journal |title=International Non-Proprietary Name for Pharmaceutical Preparations (Recommended List #4) |journal=WHO Chronicle |date=March 1962 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=101–111 |url= https://www.who.int/medicines/publications/druginformation/innlists/RL04.pdf |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518192639/http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/druginformation/innlists/RL04.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Both ''paracetamol'' and ''acetaminophen'' are contractions of chemical names for the compound. The word "paracetamol" is a shortened form of para-acetylaminophenol,<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Paracetamol |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paracetamol#:~:text=etymology,phenol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326071323/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paracetamol#:~:text=etymology,phenol |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref> and was coined by Frederick Stearns & Co in 1956,<ref>{{cite web |title=A History of Paracetamol, Its Various Uses & How It Affects You |url=https://www.fevermates.com/blogs/news/a-history-of-paracetamol-and-its-various-uses |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326071319/https://www.fevermates.com/blogs/news/a-history-of-paracetamol-and-its-various-uses |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=FeverMates}}</ref> while the word "acetaminophen" is a shortened form of N-acetyl-p-aminophenol (APAP), which was coined and first marketed by McNeil Laboratories in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Acetaminophen |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acetaminophen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326071317/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acetaminophen |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref> The initialism ''APAP'' is used by dispensing pharmacists in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Gaunt MJ |date=8 October 2013 |title=APAP: An Error-Prone Abbreviation |url=https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/apap-an-error-prone-abbreviation |url-status=live |journal=Pharmacy Times |series=October 2013 Diabetes |volume=79 |issue=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606002928/https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/apap-an-error-prone-abbreviation |archive-date=6 June 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>