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No I meant it exactly as I wrote it, without any judgement. Aspirin is just used as a generic term for painkiller by a lot of people, and until like 10-20y ago
by wink 5y ago
No I meant it exactly as I wrote it, without any judgement. Aspirin is just used as a generic term for painkiller by a lot of people, and until like 10-20y ago it was also the most common thing. I'd say most people are migrating to Ibuprofen these days for stuff like "I have a headache that's not killing me" but people still say Aspirin, usually followed up by a question if whatever is available is ok...
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- rascul 5y agoIn the US, Tylenol is the term commonly used instead of acetaminophen (Tylenol has been a major brand name for acetaminophen for many decades and is quite prevalent) and I thought perhaps you had Aspirin and Tylenol mixed up. I've never actually heard someone refer to Tylenol as Aspirin, and I've never heard of Aspirin being a generic term for painkiller, so I attempted to come up with what I had thought might be a more plausible explanation based on my experiences.
- HKH2 5y agoYeah as an Australian it seems bizarre to me too.
- wink 5y agoI guess it's just very localized for some meds. Took a while until I grasped what Sudafed is because afaik it's not even on the market here and never has been. There was some sort of Pseudoephedrin pill I actually took against hayfever a while ago, but not the standard "clogged nose because cold thing" (please excuse if I described Sudafed poorly, but see above) :)
- HKH2 5y agoSorry I read your post kind of annoyed that people were conflating two different painkillers and didn't read the last sentence properly.