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Tylenol, Imodium AD or Theraflu?
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Comrad
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That explains one, didn't lookup the others but I haven't heard anything
That explains one, didn't lookup the others but I haven't heard anything
The good stuff goes off the market for whatever reason. Alka-Seltzer Plus was bought and the old fizzy stuff is gone. It worked great, the new not so much. Had a little green pill years back that would clear your sinus overnight. It is banned in the US cause meth makers liked it, Canada still has it for sell.
truckemup97
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mtgianni, I remember that green pill well. Nothing else works as well.
Old TexMex
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I remember my old Daddy telling me about the depression- how it started with layoffs, and shortages, irregular deliveries. Until finally, there was nothing to buy, and no money to pay for it even if there were anything. But that could never happen again.
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OldTexMex, well aren't you just a ball of sun shine today
Sadly I think your ole dad may have been correct.
Sadly I think your ole dad may have been correct.
Why buy Tylenol when the generics are exactly the same thing and half the price??
I don't need Imodium but am sure there is a store brand for that also
I don't need Imodium but am sure there is a store brand for that also
Comrad
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I remember my old Daddy telling me about the depression- how it started with layoffs, and shortages, irregular deliveries. Until finally, there was nothing to buy, and no money to pay for it even if there were anything. But that could never happen again.
My father was born in 1913 and lived through the depression and spent the rest of his life, he passed away at 94, preparing for the next one. He missed it by a few years but I learned the lesson well and am as ready as you can be for tough times.
A little bit of everything on hand, enjoyed the hell out of living below our means.
Bullets and beans will be very valuable one day soon.
I see a lot of people who think it can never happen here. If the worlds number 2 super power can collapse there's no reason to think we are immune.
straightshooter1
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Generic Tylenol? I have had more than one pharmacist and a physician and others tell me that the store brand version of Tylenol is not as good.
They say store brand ibuprofen is fine, but that I should try to find the real Tylenol, if possible.
Not that the store brand doesn't work, but, they say, it doesn't work as well.
Bob
They say store brand ibuprofen is fine, but that I should try to find the real Tylenol, if possible.
Not that the store brand doesn't work, but, they say, it doesn't work as well.
Bob
Why buy Tylenol when the generics are exactly the same thing and half the price??
I don't need Imodium but am sure there is a store brand for that also
I like the original, and now I want the green pill too! I also think it is very strange that Tylenol has been gone for a long time.
LVSteve
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The old Alka-Seltzer Plus was linked to an increased risk of strokes in women of a certain age.
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mc5aw
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The Imodium is gone due to the entire country pooping its pants trying to buy ARs the past few weeks.
Acetaminophen is acetaminophen
Ibuprofen is ibuprofen
Aspirin is aspirin.
No I am not a Dr or Pharmacist.
Tylenol.com
Ibuprofen is ibuprofen
Aspirin is aspirin.
No I am not a Dr or Pharmacist.
Tylenol.com
mc5aw
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But you play one on TV?
LVSteve
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straightshooter1
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I don't have a clue what the difference is between Tylenol and the generic, if there is any. All I know is what I have been told several times by different medical professionals.
I don't know if it's the source, the color, the taste, the... whatever.
But, in my personal experience, I have found that Tylenol seems to be more effective for me than the generic store brands.
If I can't find Tylenol, then I do buy the store brand, but, so far in the current shortage at least, I have been able to find the Tylenol.
Maybe these folks are wrong and it's all the same, but I don't know of any reason they'd steer me wrong or make up something. And, they were different people at different times.
Maybe a conspiracy?
Bob
I don't know if it's the source, the color, the taste, the... whatever.
But, in my personal experience, I have found that Tylenol seems to be more effective for me than the generic store brands.
If I can't find Tylenol, then I do buy the store brand, but, so far in the current shortage at least, I have been able to find the Tylenol.
Maybe these folks are wrong and it's all the same, but I don't know of any reason they'd steer me wrong or make up something. And, they were different people at different times.
Maybe a conspiracy?
Bob
REM 3200
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I don't have a clue what the difference is between Tylenol and the generic, if there is any. All I know is what I have been told several times by different medical professionals.
I don't know if it's the source, the color, the taste, the... whatever.
But, in my personal experience, I have found that Tylenol seems to be more effective for me than the generic store brands.
If I can't find Tylenol, then I do buy the store brand, but, so far in the current shortage at least, I have been able to find the Tylenol.
Maybe these folks are wrong and it's all the same, but I don't know of any reason they'd steer me wrong or make up something. And, they were different people at different times.
Maybe a conspiracy?
Bob
They may be stock holders in Johnson & Johnson (Tylenol makers)
medxam
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I find the Walgreens generics work just as well for all three as well as the acid reducer Pepcid.
medxam
medxam
