Dashan: How often should I take the acetaminophen? 大山:隔多长时间吃一次?
All told, roughly60 million Americans take acetaminophen each week. 总共,每周大约有6000万美国人服用扑热息痛。
The proposed labeling changes represent the latest headache for acetaminophen. 标记改进提案列举了最近由扑热息痛引起的大麻烦。
acetaminophen
[ noun ] an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) <noun.artifact>
acetaminophen \acetaminophen\ n. 1. a white crystalline compound ({HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3}) used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the commercial analgesics {Tylenol} and {Datril}.
Note: It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century. It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as stomach irritation or stomach bleeding. [PJC]
Mrs. Jauchler, who acted as her own attorney in the six-day trial, claimed that her husband died of liver damage from an inadvertent acetaminophen overdose in 1983.
Production of the lower-cost acetaminophen is scheduled for a facility under construction in Bishop, Texas.
The U.S. unit of Hoechst AG said it expects to begin producing within a year a low-cost version of the popular non-aspirin painkiller, acetaminophen.
Johnson & Johnson makes Tylenol, an acetaminophen pain reliever, and Medipren, an ibuprofen-based analgesic.