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Skeptical of anybody who calls it Paracetamol.
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North America and Japan are the only places in the world that don't call it that
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That's very interesting, I had no idea. Yes, Tylenol or acetaminophen.
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The chemical name is para-acetoaminophenol. Acetaminophen and paracetamol are both abbreviations. Tylenol is just a brand.
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What do you call it?
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Tylenol, acetaminophen in the US.
It's paracetamol everywhere else.
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Whoah.
So, never heard of those. But DDG tells me Tylenol is just a brand—talk about an effective monopoly.
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Advil is ibuprofen and Aleve is naproxen. They tend to get the same brand treatment as Band-Aids and Vaseline in the US.
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Can you buy naproxen without a prescription over there? I thought you generally needed to pair it with something like omeprazole and the general public can't be trusted to read instructions
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Yes. It’s available over the counter. I’ve never heard of pairing it with omeprazole. What is the reason for that?
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NSAIDS (type of painkiller) can cause or exacerbate stomach issues. Omeprazole is an antacid that can counter some of those issues.
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Good to know. Thank you!
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Generally they just recommend taking nsaids with food, and it mostly solves the stomach problems.
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We do that a lot it seems, like the South who call everything and it's mother coke
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lol they only learn the brand name what make it harder to get cheaper medication, that's so USA
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TIL paracetamol isn't a worldwide thing. Huh.
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TIL acetaminophen isn’t a worldwide thing :)
The whole Tylenol thing is because they’re the ones who originally patented it. Same for Advil and ibuprofen.
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The chemical was discovered in the 19th century. Tylenol is a US thing, the common name in Europe is Panadol.
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Panadol is a brand name, but I've never heard anyone here refer to the product by that name
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Yes, so is Tylenol. I was saying the J&J didn't discover paracetamol, they were just the first to market it in the US (or, more likely, bought the company that did).
Same with Europe, Panadol, and GSK.
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Except in Italy, where it is called Tachipirina for some reason
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What about Paracet?
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