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LTK:

--- Quote from: Papersatan on 20 Sep 2014, 22:06 ---Even *Tylenol* calls it acetaminophen in the US.

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Well of course they do, being associated with the nonproprietary name is bad for their business!

Aimless:

--- Quote from: Akima on 21 Sep 2014, 03:19 ---Interesting. Doctors here frequently recommend 2x665mg three times a day for chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis, in a specific formulation available as Panadol Osteo. 
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It's my go-to prescription for long-term use :) I don't think we have that OTC, but I haven't checked in a while.

Loki:
Side note, but I am really surprised at how... flashy the package of those drugs is.

See, in Germany, most drug packages look really bland, like most in this picture:



The preferred colors are white and blue and occasionally a pastel orange. Whether that is due to cost or for making it look more clinical, I don't know.

The Tylenol picture shown earlier, with its bright colors and the "trendy" font is literally something I would have expected from chewing gum or the like:

Aimless:
Only to be expected from those vain Caplets

Carl-E:
Aimless, Akima, the ridiculousness I referenced isn't a matter of intentional overdosing. 

I know what I cited was really long, but as put out in that report the problem is that, as a brand, Tylenol was touted as "the safest pain reliever you could buy", and so people think a little more won't hurt!  It's so easy for someone with chronic pain to go a little further without even realizing it - taking it 5 or six times a day instead of four, taking an extra tablet or two each time "just for a little while" (and then it becomes months). 

And through the usual american litigation system, the package warnings didn't even mention liver damage until just recently, and for quite a while there was no warning label at all. 

While in a perfect world, no one would exceed the recommended dose, in reality there are many, many people who don't even know what the recommended dosage is - two or three at a time, whenever you feel pain, right?  "Whatever works" is the American way, after all. 

It's a genuine problem, and overdosng with other anti-inflammatories in a similar way is nowhere near as dangerous!  I'm not trying to fear-monger, just point out that it's not the same across the board.  Ignorance prompted this (especially the attitude that they "cut" codeine with this stuff - they can prescribe pure codeine, that's not the issue), and the fact that I was surprised to see 1g pills mentioned by Barmy.  I know she'd not take an extra - she was not even taking one - but that's just too easy an overdose setup, taking an extra one a couple of times a day for someone in extreme pain would really be a problem! 

OK, I just wanted to educate a little, it's a little known issue, and more of a problem here than outside the US where doctors are listened to and labels are probably read.  Happy to drop it now. 

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