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[–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

What drug is Tylenol because I always just assumed it was an antihistamine but apparently it's a painkiller?

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Lol yes, it’s a painkiller haha. Fairly mild, too, but usually the extra-strength version is what you’ll get after surgeries and stuff.

    Benadryl is the kleenex of anti-allergy meds.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Don’t take Benadryl (diphenhydramine). Shit would never be approved for use if it were invented today. It fucks with your brain, messes with your reflexes, and is correlated strongly with dementia.

    Second and third generation antihistamines work better and are non-drowsy.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Fair enough. I don’t take it, personally, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I used to, until I learned more about it.

    One of the things that finally made me realize how potent it is: pilots aren’t allowed to fly for at least 60 hours after taking anticholinergics like diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or doxylamine (another first-gen antihistamine marketed as Unisom, and is also the thing in NyQuil that makes you drowsy).

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Tylenol is an extremely common and successful brand of pain relief medicine sold until very recently by Johnson & Johnson. The active ingredient is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol. This has been variously shortened to Acetaminophen, Paracetamol, or indeed Tylenol. Other medicines are sold under the Tylenol brand, such as Tylenol PM which is Acetaminophen and Dyphenhydramine (the drowsiness medication with a side effect of allergy relief that powers Benadryl and Sominex).

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Here in Europe I've only ever seen it sold as paracetamol, and it tends to just be generic supermarket brand. Looking in my medicine, random keys, and elastic bands draw (everyone has one) even my allergen medication is just sold as antihistamine, with no branding.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    The generic term used in the United States is Acetaminophen. Europeans don't know what that is, Americans don't know what Paracetamol is, they're the same thing. Generics are available but brand name Tylenol is ubiquitous here.

    Tylenol is a brand that is old enough to be from a time before trademark law had been abused to death, back when a brand name meant you know who makes this. That idea is even more fundamental to American culture than freedom of speech but it got smothered in bed first.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Acetominophen, an analgesic (for pain) and antipyretic (for fever). It's not an antihistimine.

    I have never used it, and never will. Far too toxic on the liver and blocking fever is a bad idea during infection.

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