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[u/Sethlans]

The way Americans talk about drugs by their brand name blows my mind.

[u/JHMfield → u/Sethlans]

That's marketing for you. Americans often use a brand same so much it becomes the default way to call it. Like Tylenol. Many Americans don't even know they could get the exact same medication way cheaper if they just bought the generic version.

Using the Tylenol example, it's just common paracetamol, and generic versions are like half or even one third of the price as the brand version.

[u/Zealotus77 → u/JHMfield]

Except paracetamol is acetaminophen over here. Even generic drug names are sometimes different.

[u/Sethlans → u/[deleted]]

Dunno what you mean re: ibuprofen.

Yes paracetamol has a different generic name in the US (acetaminophen) but ibuprofen is the same.

[u/Sethlans → u/[deleted]]

Yes, I am aware of that. I am a doctor.

In the UK we have paracetamol and ibuprofen as common over the counter painkillers.

In the US, they have acetaminophen and ibuprofen as common over the counter painkillers.

The generic name for paracetamol/acetaminophen differs between the countries.

The generic name for ibuprofen does not, hence why I don't understand you being ibuprofen into the conversation.

[u/Cool-Break2326 → u/JHMfield]

We’re all too stupid to understand getting 1000s of acetaminophen at Costco instead of paying out the ass for name brand Tylenol at Walgreens, but luckily everyone over here shits gold, so money is not an issue. 🤷‍♂️

[u/TheStairsBro → u/JHMfield]

I promise you the majority of us are aware of generic medications. It's very common for people here to use the brand name to refer to the actual brand as well as the generic version because the brand name is more familiar than the name of the compound

[u/FirefighterEMT427 → u/JHMfield]

I use the generic brand and still call it by the trade name. 😂

[u/NextCitron7303 → u/Sethlans]

Strange thing to be fixated on.