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What is Tylenol?

Tylenol (paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen) is a brand name over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer. Read more...Click to read more below

Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol site

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 9 1
General health 1 0
Back pain 1 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  1000mg as needed 2 500mg as needed 500mg as needed 500mg monthly 650mg as needed daily mg as needed 80 mg/0.8 mL daily 1300 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tylenol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 100% Other: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Tylenol

Currently Taking Tylenol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
2
3

Stopped Taking Tylenol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
1 100%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.