Acetaminophen Rectal

Name: Acetaminophen Rectal Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

28 interactions 489 cited references

Also sold as: Acephen Acephen Rectal Suppository® Feverall Feverall Rectal Suppository® Neopap Supprettes Rectal Suppository® Tylenol Rectal Suppository®

About Acetaminophen Rectal

Acetaminophen rectal is used to relieve mild to moderate pain from headaches or muscle aches and to reduce a fever. Acetaminophen is in a class of medications called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). It works by changing the way the body senses pain and by cooling the body. Read the full Acetaminophen Rectal drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 8, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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10 Major 13 Moderate 5 Minor

All (28) Major (10) Moderate (13) Minor (5)

Minor

Acetaminophen Rectal Chloramphenicol Chloramphenicol toxicity (vomiting, hypotension, hypothermia) Details Acetaminophen Rectal Cholestyramine Prevalite Decreased acetaminophen effectiveness Details Acetaminophen Rectal Fenoldopam Increased fenoldopam concentration Details Acetaminophen Rectal Lamotrigine Lamictal Decreased lamotrigine effectiveness Details Acetaminophen Rectal Metyrapone Metopirone An increased risk of acetaminophen toxicity Details

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