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[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 1 month ago

Paracetamol was first made in the 1800's though.

Or are they just blaming a certain brand?

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 69 points 1 month ago

Direct from Wikipedia

Paracetamol was first made in 1878 by Harmon Northrop Morse or possibly in 1852 by Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.

The left has misinformation too. Science is on our side; there’s no reason to propagate this shit.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a brand thing, obviously.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

It's always about money.

Wonder what the announcement will be? Wonder which drug they'll push and which of Trumps cronies will own the pharma company

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Dr Oz as another poster said on another post.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Literally no Americans know what paracetamol is. Randomly ask anyone.

Americans know brand names: Tylenol, Advil, Prilosec, Ambien.

I’ll bet you could survey Americans and 999/1000 have never even have heard the word paracetamol. Or zolpidem, and slightly less often, omeprazole (though that one may be increasing due to the general state of things and subsequent need for prescriptions). Most won’t have heard anything but the brand names, and the brand names have been drilled into their heads by way of constant advertising.

US brands have spend stupid amounts of money making sure people think of their propriety name instead of the real name of any drug.

[-] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago

Nobody would've heard paracetamol, but you'd probably get some hits with acetaminophen. Not a lot, to be clear, but some.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I know several Americans who know what paracetamol is. Not sure it's as rare as you think.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I know almost all my meds by the generic names because I'm broke and that's what the pharmacy will give me. Ibuprofen, levothyroxine, etc. Alprazolam.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I most certainly do because I’ve traveled a lot

But people that lump all Americans are just as ignorant as who they’re trying to criticize

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

I’m not ‘lumping all Americans’.

I’ve lived here for decades. I’m quite solidly informed.

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