Paramol tablets are used to treat short term acute moderate pain which cannot be relieved by taking other tablets containing paracetamol ibuprofen and aspirin alone paramol can be taken to treat pain such as headache migraines backache period pains dental pain muscular pain joint ache and neuralgia paramol tablets contains dihydrocodeine and paracetamol and should not be taken for longer than 3 days if your symptoms worsen you should seek medical advice dihydrocodeine tartarate