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Re:No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Ma... by WildUtah on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @11:40PM (#13020083)
Evidence of the effectiveness of Tylenol on fever or headache is very, very weak. It's similar to the evidence for aloe.

Mostly Tylenol is administered as a placebo. Fake aloe is at least useful as a moisturizer.

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Re:No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Ma... by chillacy on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @11:55PM (#13020158)
Really? I found several double blind studies showing the effectiveness of acetaminophen on headaches:

http://www.neurology.org/content/48/1/103.short

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/10...

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006....

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