Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016)

Re:Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016) by alkonaut on Sunday July 02, 2017 @01:45PM (#14683505)

I had never heard the name "Acetainophen", apparently it's the same as Paracetamol.

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Re:Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016) by Lanthanide on Sunday July 02, 2017 @02:18PM (#14683667)

From wiki:

"Both acetaminophen and paracetamol come from a chemical name for the compound: para-acetylaminophenol and para-acetylaminophenol."

The former is the name used by the United States Adopted Name (USAN) while the latter is the (International Nonproprietary Name (INN) one.

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Re:Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016) by ac29 on Monday July 03, 2017 @04:07PM (#14691014)

Same for Tylenol (most common branded version of the drug, at least in the US): para-acetylaminophenol

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Re:Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016) by saghm on Monday July 03, 2017 @12:53PM (#14689677)

Ah, that explains why I've only heard the name acetaminophen (I'm an American)

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Re:Acetaminophen reduces empathy for pain (2016) by GunlogAlm on Sunday July 02, 2017 @03:34PM (#14683962)

Paracetamol is the far more common name. In the US and a handful of other countries they call it "acetaminophen", though.

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