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Tylenol, acetaminophen in the US.

It’s paracetamol everywhere else.

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Except in Italy, where it is called Tachipirina for some reason

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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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Whoah.

So, never heard of those. But DDG tells me Tylenol is just a brand—talk about an effective monopoly.

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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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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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We do that a lot it seems, like the South who call everything and it’s mother coke

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