Tylenol - contributing to the betterment of society

[Stinky The Clown]

I think this sort of commercial will become common. That's a good thing. It contributes to the "ordinarying" of things that until yesterday were not allowed to be.

Edited to add: The point of my post is not to endorse Tylenol. It is to point out how this type of commercial can imprint an image and a message on the national psyche. It can change minds.

The good or bad of tylenol is entirely beside the point.

[clydefrand]

1. After watching that commericial, I would definitely

go buy Tylon if I ever needed pain relief. Actuallly do have some that wife takes,
but, even at 80yo I still don't need them (yet )

[tularetom]

2. I get the point, but I still won't use tylenol

Let's see, which would I rather give up - booze or tylenol?

There really is no choice.

[clydefrand]

4. I haven't given up on booze, but only drink

a little wine now and then (but never before lunch time )

[cbayer]

3. You know, that's a great message, buy Tylenol should have been taken

off the market years and years ago.

It's a toxic drug with no appreciable benefits to other analgesics.

The company continues to try to justify this drub.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. It's toxic as hell to the liver.

Tylenol works well for my little pains, but I'd really like to find something less toxic for aches. I can't afford to smoke cannabis every time I have an ache.

[cbayer]

7. NSAID's are safer, though they can be hard on your stomach. Aspirin is better as well.

The problem with cannabis is it's cumulative effects, imo.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. You have to watch it with whatever

you choose to relieve pain. NSAIDs bother my acid reflux and I can't take much aspirin because of other meds. I've tried opiates, but they stop working unless you keep raising the dose, and I don't want to do that. Cannabis helps my pain better than anything else out there and I'm usually frugal with it, so I don't have many negative effects.

[cbayer]

10. I'm glad that you have found a solution that works for you.

There is not perfect answer for chronic pain, I do know that.

Hope things get better or at least not worse.

[LuvNewcastle]

11. Thank you.

[REP]

18. NSAIDs are not safer. They're nephrotoxic and carry a black box warning.

None of them should be taken for more than three consecutive days without a doctor's supervision, and many people should not take them at all.

[cbayer]

22. On a case by case basis, everyone has a different level of risk and tolerance,

but I still think acetaminophen is by far the most deadly OTC pain medication on the market.

[Lyric]

20. NSAIDS are deadly to me. I have heart disease and I'm on Plavix.

A little bit of stomach inflammation from aspirin can turn into a deadly upper GI bleed for me, and NSAIDS other than aspirin can cause heart attacks and strokes.

I take my chances with 81 mgs of aspirin per day, because my cardiologist feels that the benefits are worth the risk. But without Tylenol, I'd have no options for pain relief at all.

[cbayer]

23. Every case has to be evaluated independently and you are definitely on the "do not take" list.

The biggest problem with acetaminophen, imo, is the widespread assumption that it is safe and can be taken liberally.

Of all the OTC pain meds out there, it has the highest risk of death with overused. The company knows that and has been extremely recalcitrant to address the problem.

[Phentex]

5. Chobani yogurt features two women in bed!

That's ruffled a few feathers!

[olddots]

9. we need pain relief from the pain relief commercials

[Go Vols]

12. Never taken one

Acetaminophen, sold under the brand name Tylenol, among others, may be among the most dangerous medicines on the market. I'm sure this comes as a surprise to most of you, as virtually every single household keeps a bottle on hand for the occasional ache and pain, and doesn't think twice about taking it.

Not thinking, it turns out, could cost you dearly... Acetaminophen overdose is actually the leading cause for calls to Poison Control Centers across the US—more than 100,000 instances per year—and, each year, is responsible for:1

More than 56,000 emergency room visits
2,600 hospitalizations
An estimated 458 deaths due to acute liver failure

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/03/26/acetaminophen-overdose.aspx

[Stinky The Clown]

13. This is zero to do with the point of the OP

But thanks for letting the world know you're Tylenol-Free. Congratulations on that significant accomplishment.

[Go Vols]

14. I disagree,but thank you for your opinion.

If I were selling a product that killed people,I would make commercials as warm and fuzzy as possible,just like the one in the OP.

[Paulie]

15. Even if you sold pure dihydrogen monoxide?

Kills a lot of peopl...

[Go Vols]

16. lol

[Aerows]

17. I know it is toxic to the liver

but I suspect that the majority of the overdoses are because acetaminophen is intentionally mixed in with opiates.

[mopinko]

19. or booze.

and i think a lot of the od's are intentional.

[Vinca]

21. Nice commercial. It's a shame it's a lousy pain reliever.