Question

Antipyretics are medicinal compounds which :

• A. lowers body temperature
• B. relieves pain
• C. controls malaria
• D. can kill other organisms

Answer 1

The correct option is A lowers body temperature

Antipyretics are used to lower body temperature. Antipyretic cause the hypothalamus to override an interleukin induced increase in temperature. The body then works to lower the temperature, resulting in a reduction in fever.