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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The first sentence on ibuprofens wikipedia page under "Medical uses":

Ibuprofen is used primarily to treat fever

Anti-inflammatories reduce fevers, are there even anti-inflammatories that don't have that effect to some extent?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I was about to correct you that Tylenol is actually acetaminophen; turns out paracetamol is just another name for the same chemical. TIL

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

they both come from the chemical name - para-acetylamino-phenol (or, more proper,, N-acetyl-para-aminophenol). random people chose different parts to shorten the name

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Huh. I didn't know that either.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paracetamol is not anti-inflammatory in any serious context, which is to say taking paracetamol to reduce actual inflammation (think gout or rheumatoid arthritis) is more or less useless. From the wikipedia article on paracetamol:

Paracetamol inhibits prostaglandin synthesis by reducing the active form of COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes. This occurs only when the concentration of arachidonic acid and peroxides is low. Under these conditions, COX-2 is the predominant form of cyclooxygenase, which explains the apparent COX-2 selectivity of paracetamol. Under the conditions of inflammation, the concentration of peroxides is high, which counteracts the reducing effect of paracetamol. Accordingly, the anti-inflammatory action of paracetamol is slight.

It is, however, an analgesic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Man what is pain relief anyway

like it doesn't seem to work after I wake up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll be damned, I was almost certain it wasn't an antipyretic, but it looks like I was wrong. Thanks for correcting me.

You didn't need to use such condescending language though, there was no need to be rude.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Apologies. I do think making it sting a little when correcting someone on something they should have double checked, is warranted, if for no other reason than to make it clear to others reading which take to go home with.

But in response to your edit I've softened my correction as well.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you post wrong information online you're responsible for perpetuating idiocy. Someone who had better things to do had to go out of their way, waste their time, to correct you.

Think before you post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I made a mistake on a public forum, I was corrected, then I edited my post to acknowledge my mistake.

Your comment suggests that no one should ever make a mistake. Your comment is an insult to the very nature of human behavior, that mistakes are an inevitably, and should be embraced and understood.

Your comment is insulting and naive, and shows your lack of development beyond a typical teenage cynic. For your sake, I genuinely hope you're in your teenage years, because otherwise the likelihood of you developing into an empathetic functioning adult isn't great.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can try to minimize your stupidity, but spreading blatant, easily-researched misinformation is way more than an innocent mistake."

The fact that you feel compelled to make excuses for something you just never should have typed in the first place (embrace your stupid, unnecessary lie? Are you serious?)

What we need to teach people is that they don't need to chime in to online conversations with unsolicited lies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're a nasty little troll. It does make me smile to think about how miserable you must be though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Aw shucks, another situation where the truth would make you sad