Word: acetaminophen
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...many of us suffering occasional aches and pains, reaching for the Tylenol has become almost a reflex. The best-selling over-the-counter pain reliever and its generic copycats are staples in American medicine cabinets. The active ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen, a versatile molecule that can cool a fever, soothe a teething baby and dull the sharp joint pains of osteoarthritis...
...however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some tough questions about acetaminophen. It's a drug that can do serious damage to the liver when used outside prescribed guidelines, and it's not at all clear that the warnings on the label are being heeded--or even read--by consumers...
...take Tylenol or other acetaminophen-based drugs for your headache, since they can prove toxic in combination with alcohol (or if you already have liver damage). Avoid taking other pain relievers, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, that will irritate the stomach lining even more, or at the very least, make sure they're buffered...
...advised to take a daily aspirin to prevent future problems. Simple enough. But now, astonishingly, research suggests that more than 1 million patients aren't swallowing aspirin at all. Instead, they're taking Tylenol, Advil and other painkillers. That's bad. Aspirin works by preventing platelets from sticking together. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no effect whatsoever on platelets, and ibuprofen (Advil and others) helps unstick platelets, but only for short periods of time...
TYLENOL Brand name for acetaminophen, available in 1960. Like aspirin it reduces pain and fever. Unlike aspirin it will not irritate the gastric system...