Occasionally paracetamol is counted to the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory druds although it does not have a very pronounced anti-inflammatory effect.Paracetamol also binds the cyclooxygenases. Some evidence points to the fact that the drug especially binds within the central nervous system. Moreover there are clues that paracetamol binds to the shortly discovered cyclooxygenase 3 (COX-3).
Source: Endoskopie-Atlas