• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Whoah.

    So, never heard of those. But DDG tells me Tylenol is just a brand—talk about an effective monopoly.

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      6 months ago

      We do that a lot it seems, like the South who call everything and it’s mother coke

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      6 months ago

      lol they only learn the brand name what make it harder to get cheaper medication, that’s so USA

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      6 months ago

      Advil is Ibuprofen and Aleve is naproxen. They tend to get the same brand treatment as Band-Aids and Vaseline in the US.

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        Can you buy naproxen without a prescription over there? I thought you generally needed to pair it with something like omeprazole and the general public can’t be trusted to read instructions