I'm in the pharmaceutical game

Paracetamol is classed as an analgesic/anti-pyretic, but it's acting mechanism is largely unknown. It's thought that it inhibits the production of prostaglandins that are involved in the registration of pain. So while it technically could be an issue with the sub not registering the pain soon enough, I really don't think it's strong enough to block out bad/strong/lots of pain. I also don't think taking it pre-emptively will help very much.... I did have a well thought out reason why I thought that.... but I lost it