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side effects

How is it even possible to produce an article on any drug without mention of possible side effects? Weatherlawyer (talk) 04:01, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

this article is not about a drug. it is about a brand. The drug is discussed at paracetamol. Jytdog (talk) 04:32, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Paracetamol

Are there any Tylenol-branded drugs not containing paracetamol? --Djadjko (talk) 01:22, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Would require an indepth search. Not that I am aware. And can find no evidence of it. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:44, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Consistency of non-brand name

It seems that if Tylenol is being referred to as "an American brand of drugs," we should be using acetaminophen as that's what the drug is called in the United States. A secondary "also-known-as" reference to paracetamol remains appropriate.

You wouldn't say "De Havilland was a British maker of airplanes (called aeroplanes in Britain)." You would use the local name/spelling for the subject of the article.

MOS:STRONGNAT

If there's some exception being made that I'm not aware of, the reference in the introduction needs to be changed as well. Washiwiki (talk) 05:11, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I concur.— Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 05:38, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"American" was unsourced. It is sold in about ten countries Jytdog (talk) 05:56, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jytdog: A source that shows Tylenol is an American ~~company~~ brand has been added as a reference. — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 06:42, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First, Tylenol is not a company. I assume that was a Typo. Where does it say that Tylenol is used only in the US, or even that it is an "American brand"? I am not even sure what you mean by "American brand".... Jytdog (talk) 17:15, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An American brand. Category:American brands exists. For example: Toyota is a Japanese brand. It is also sold in many countries.— Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 01:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I know that "American" means pertaining to America. going by the basic definitions it is also a Chinese brand, a Brazilian brand, a Canadian brand, etc. Please answer directly. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 01:27, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We can solve this simply by saying something like "that originated in America". How is that? Jytdog (talk) 03:02, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I disagree, but I have removed "American brand" per my edit summary as I personally don't find it worth debating. No, the source provided did not explicitly "say that Tylenol ... is an "American brand" (it arguably demonstrated it), but we don't need to cite that the sky is blue. I never stated that "Tylenol is used only in the US". The Johnson & Johnson article states that it is an "American multinational"; The Toyota article states that it is a "multinational corporation" as well (going back to my example from earlier). Country brand is generally used to refer to the country of origin of the company that makes a brand or where it is headquartered, not in the manner of your examples. The common name for N-acetyl-p-amino-phenol in the United States is acetaminophen due at least in part to FDA regulation. Tylenol has strong national ties to the United States. I think the article should use acetaminophen in the first position, but again, I don't think it's so egregious the other way as to be worth walls of text on the matter. Best Regards, — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 03:49, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ok. thanks for working this through Jytdog (talk) 03:55, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is absolutely ridiculous. Not only is Tylenol the brand name of an American company (McNeil Laboratories), it's not even available as Tylenol in any. single. English-speaking country that calls it paracetamol. If it was available in any Commonwealth countries that do—say, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand—then maybe, maybe you'd have an argument for referring to it first as such. But there is simply zero link to any anglophone country that does. Per MOS:STRONGNAT, I'm changing the intro to first refer to it by the American genericised name, then the Commonwealth alternative.2601:240:CC08:7780:F9ED:ADF5:9428:CA3F (talk) 07:02, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1955 or 1953?

From this page: "that year [1955] one of them learned about paracetamol, which was not on the US market at that time". From McNeil Consumer Healthcare page: "In 1953 McNeil Laboratories introduced Algoson, a preparation containing acetaminophen together with sodium butabarbital, a sedative." Which year is right? 80.234.189.32 (talk) 22:18, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Taking —PM followed byl daytime.

Can I take Tylenol after —PM followed byl daytime. It says only 2 rqccgggvbjjjjjb 2601:1C0:5901:2470:F0B5:1968:C2E9:9B19 (talk) 10:44, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]