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minus-squareEm Adespotonlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoTIL 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.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoThe chemical was discovered in the 19th century. Tylenol is a US thing, the common name in Europe is Panadol.
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoPanadol is a brand name, but I’ve never heard anyone here refer to the product by that name
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoYes, 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.
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.
The chemical was discovered in the 19th century. Tylenol is a US thing, the common name in Europe is Panadol.
Panadol is a brand name, but I’ve never heard anyone here refer to the product by that name
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.