Tylenol Makes You More Daring
from Dr. Howard Smith OnCall Hosted by Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/KK7v7-PK51E The acetaminophen you take for a headache or toothache may inadvertently drive you to tell your boss off or to drive less defensively. Ohio State psychologists studied a total of 542 undergrads in 3 randomized controlled studies. Those students taking acetaminophen demonstrated twice as much risky behavior on a virtual ballon inflation game compared with those on placebo. They inflated the balloons with abandon bursting them. Normally nearly one in every 4 Americans takes acetaminophen on a regular basis. During our current pandemic, use is skyrocketing and that threatens an epidemic of bad judgment. https://academic.oup.com/scan/advance-article/doi/10.1093/scan/nsaa108/5897711 #tylenol #acetaminophen #risk
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