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8:04AM | posted by Dr. Steve | May 5, 2010 | comments: 1

Tylenol PM and other sleep aids may not work


More bad news for Tylenol. The U-S Food and Drug Administration says night time pain relievers Tylenol PM and other widely used acetaminophen pain drugs that include the sleep aid diphenhydramine, don't actually help you fall asleep faster. Safety is not a concern. The agency says Tylenol PM and Excedrin PM which are both taken as sleep aids are still safe. It's just that the products don't help you sleep. Diphenhydramine is the generic name of the antihistamine Benadryl which has a known side effect of sleepiness. Johnson and Johnson, which makes Tylenol PM, recently submitted additional data to the FDA which indicates that the combination medications significantly improve pain and sleeplessness.

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Posted by Bethanne at May 5, 2010 8:40 AM


Why is it every time a police officer does their job the news media makes such an issue out of it ????? Keep this in mind: if there were no officers to keep control of sitiations what would happen ?????????????????????????

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