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I find it highly confusing how Americans seem to always reference branded medication. In the UK people generally take generic Ibuprofen (an NSAI) or Paracetamol

by thorin 6y ago

I find it highly confusing how Americans seem to always reference branded medication. In the UK people generally take generic Ibuprofen (an NSAI) or Paracetamol at a standard does e.g. 500mg for paracetamol. Over time this seems way less confusing. There are quite a few branded versions but once you have an idea of the component parts it seems far less confusing to understand what you are taking. The BNF provides some accessible guides to all pharmaceutical drugs: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/ibuprofen.html https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/ibuprofen.html https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/paracetamol.html https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/paracetamol.html I don't mean to be insensitive RIP to what sounds like an awesome guy

physicsguy 6y ago
I don't think it's that uncommon, plenty of people would say 'Nurofen' in the UK as well.
- thorin 6y ago
  They might, but I think this is particularly common in the US due to the mandated branded medication in many healthcare scenarios even for drugs with lapsed patents. I think most younger, educated people in the UK would refer to them by the generic names.
Tade0 6y ago
I share this sentiment. Not knowing that "Tylenol" is Paracetamol I assumed it had to be some heavy, special, US-only painkiller, like those opioids which killed so many. I have a box of this in my drawer - it's 20 pills totalling 10g - that's enough to damage a healthy liver if taken in the span of 24h. I can't imagine the pain this man must have been going through to do this and mind you, I had kidney stones.
- chx 6y ago
  Not sure what he took... Some versions of Tylenol have codeine in them as well. I got some stronger ones (Tylenol 3) after oral surgery and I had a few pills left and when a few months later my back was acting up and I was eyeing those pills I immediately flushed them down the toilet because I don't want to get addicted to that shit. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine/paracetamol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine/paracetamol here.
  - chromanoid 6y ago
    Please don't flush drugs down the toilet! If they are on the flush list (https://www.fda.gov/drugs/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you-should-know/drug-disposal-fdas-flush-list-certain-medicines https://www.fda.gov/drugs/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you...) that may be ok, but in general bring them to a drug take back site. (Of course, when you are really at risk of addiction, there might be no choice...) See also: https://blog.epa.gov/2016/04/29/dont-flush-why-your-drug-disposal-method-matters/ https://blog.epa.gov/2016/04/29/dont-flush-why-your-drug-dis...
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by thorin 6y ago

physicsguy 6y ago

I don't think it's that uncommon, plenty of people would say 'Nurofen' in the UK as well.

thorin 6y ago
They might, but I think this is particularly common in the US due to the mandated branded medication in many healthcare scenarios even for drugs with lapsed patents. I think most younger, educated people in the UK would refer to them by the generic names.

Tade0 6y ago

I share this sentiment. Not knowing that "Tylenol" is Paracetamol I assumed it had to be some heavy, special, US-only painkiller, like those opioids which killed so many. I have a box of this in my drawer - it's 20 pills totalling 10g - that's enough to damage a healthy liver if taken in the span of 24h. I can't imagine the pain this man must have been going through to do this and mind you, I had kidney stones.

chx 6y ago
Not sure what he took... Some versions of Tylenol have codeine in them as well. I got some stronger ones (Tylenol 3) after oral surgery and I had a few pills left and when a few months later my back was acting up and I was eyeing those pills I immediately flushed them down the toilet because I don't want to get addicted to that shit. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine/paracetamol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine/paracetamol here.
- chromanoid 6y ago
  Please don't flush drugs down the toilet! If they are on the flush list (https://www.fda.gov/drugs/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you-should-know/drug-disposal-fdas-flush-list-certain-medicines https://www.fda.gov/drugs/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you...) that may be ok, but in general bring them to a drug take back site. (Of course, when you are really at risk of addiction, there might be no choice...) See also: https://blog.epa.gov/2016/04/29/dont-flush-why-your-drug-disposal-method-matters/ https://blog.epa.gov/2016/04/29/dont-flush-why-your-drug-dis...

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