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The medication paracetamol (INN) (/ˌpærəˈstəmɒl/ or /ˌpærəˈsɛtəmɒl/), also known as acetaminophen (USAN) (/əˌstəˈmɪnəfɪn/ ), is sold around the world under a number of different brand names. Common brand names include Tylenol, Excedrin, Calpol, and Panadol.

Tylenol

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Tylenol 8-hour pills

Tylenol is a brand of drugs advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough headache, and influenza. The active ingredient of its original flagship product is paracetamol. The brand name "Tylenol" is owned by McNeil Consumer Healthcare,[1] a subsidiary of Kenvue. As of 2017 the brand was used in Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.[2]

Calpol

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Calpol is a brand of children's medicine sold in the UK, Ireland, India, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malta, Philippines and Turkey. The main product is a paracetamol suspension, branded as Calpol Infant Suspension. It is usually a coloured syrup with a sweet taste, and is used to treat fever and pain. In 2016 it was the second biggest selling branded over-the-counter medication sold in Great Britain, with sales of £66.3 million.[3]

Calpol also comes in a form containing ibuprofen, marketed under the name Calprofen. Calpol is a common cause of accidental child poisoning because of its pleasant taste.[4] Calpol Night, a product containing paracetamol and an antihistamine, was listed for use from 2+ months. However, this was changed and it is now only considered suitable for children over the age of 6 years.[5]

History

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Calpol was launched in 1959 by English pharmaceutical company, Calmic Ltd, based in Crewe, Cheshire; the company's name was an abbreviation of Cheshire and Lancashire Medical Industries Corporation, which moved from Lancashire to Crewe Hall in 1947.[6] The Calpol brand name is likely a combination of 'Calmic' and 'paracetamol'.[7] Calmic was acquired by Wellcome (today GlaxoSmithKline) in 1966, and Calpol became one of Wellcome's best-selling UK products in the 1980s.[7] The brand was later owned by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2006.[8] Calpol is today a brand of Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare subsidiary; in 2020, Calpol was the UK's top-selling paediatric analgesic product with sales worth £60.1 million.[9]

Panadol

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Panadol 500 mg tablets

Panadol is one of Haleon's trade names for paracetamol or acetaminophen. According to Haleon, Panadol is marketed in 85 countries,[10] including Australia,[11] Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium,[12] Brazil,[12] Bulgaria,[12] Chile,[12] Egypt, Finland,[12] France,[12] Greece,[12] Honduras, Hong Kong,[12] Indonesia,[12] Ireland,[12] Italy,[12] Kenya,[12] Korea,[12] Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands,[12] New Zealand,[13] Nigeria,[14] the Philippines,[12] Peru,[12] Puerto Rico,[10] Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa,[12] Sri Lanka, Switzerland,[12] Taiwan,[12] Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates,[12] the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Malta, Uruguay, North Korea[12] and Oman.

History

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After it was first introduced only in clinics in 1953, Panadol started its commercial business in 1955 by Phillips, Scott & Turner, which was acquired by Frederick Stearns & Co, a subsidiary of Sterling Drug Inc. It was advertised as being "gentle on the stomach", since other analgesic agents at the time contained aspirin, a known stomach irritant. In 1955, Panadol was introduced to hospitals in the United Kingdom.[15] Panadol was originally available only by prescription in the UK, but is now available over the counter. In 1983, Sterling introduced Panadol to the United States market.[16] In 1988 Sterling Winthrop was acquired by Eastman Kodak which sold the worldwide over the counter drug business to SmithKline Beecham in 1994.[17] Two weeks later, SmithKline Beecham sold the over-the-counter medication business in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to Bayer for US$1 billion.[18] However, North American rights to Panadol were retained by SmithKline.[18] It has been called "one of the most-frequently counterfeited medicines in the world."[19]

Other formulations and packaging

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Panadol is sold in different formulations and packaging with different names.[10][20]

Panadol Extra, an S2 pharmacy-only medicine in Australia, combines 65 mg of caffeine with 500 mg of paracetamol per tablet. Caffeine may improve the analgesic effect of paracetamol. Studies have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the clinical significance of this incremental pain relief.[21][22]

Panadol Osteo and Panadol Extend Tablets are modified-release formulations of paracetamol.[23] Panadol Osteo is marketed in Australia and New Zealand; its immediate to sustained release ratio is 33% to 66%.[24]

Panadol Rapid Handipak is Panadol Rapid packaged in a slim container of ten 500 mg caplets, designed to appeal to Australian women who are 20 to 35 years of age.[25][26]

Panadol Cold and Catarrh contains three active ingredients: paracetamol, phenylephrine hydrochloride as a nasal decongestant, and chlorpheniramine maleate to prevent certain allergies.[20]

Panadol Cold and Flu and Panadol Fever and Congestion both combine paracetamol with phenylephrine hydrochloride as a nasal decongestant.[13][27]

Other brand names

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Common brand names include:[28]
Brand name Countries
Acamol Kenya, Chile, Israel
Ace Bangladesh, Kenya
Acet Philippines, Canada, Singapore
Acetalgin Switzerland
Adol Kenya, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Tunisia, Oman
Aeknil[29] India, Philippines
Alvedon Sweden, Philippines
Apiretal Paraguay, Spain
Atamel Venezuela
Atasol Canada
Biogesic Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar
Buscapina Argentina, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico
Caffetin Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Serbia, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia
Calonal Japan[30]
Calpol Cyprus, Malta, India, Kuwait, Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, South Africa, Pakistan, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Oman
Cemol Thailand, Philippines
Centamol Bangladesh
Cetamol Tunisia, Thailand, Egypt, Oman
Coldex Tunisia, Israel, Egypt
Coldrex North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Georgia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Pakistan, Bulgaria, New Zealand, China
Co-Tipol Malta
Cotibin Chile
Crocin India
Dafalgan Belgium, Egypt, Portugal, France, Kuwait, Lebanon, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Daleron Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Malta
Depon Cyprus, Greece
Dexamol Israel
Dolex Colombia, Uruguay, Pakistan
Doliprane India, France, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco
Dolo India
Efferalgan Italy, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Tunisia, France, Georgia, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Serbia, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Latvia, Kuwait
Enelfa Oman, Germany, Malta, Luxembourg
Europain Hong Kong
Excedrin Ireland, Kuwait, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Oman, Georgia, Israel, Canada, United States, Peru, France
Febrectal Spain
Febricet Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia
Febridol Australia
Fenmol Pakistan
Fep India
Fepamol India
Fervex Estonia, Lithuania, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Georgia, North Macedonia, Serbia, France, Romania
Fevadol Pakistan, Kuwait, Oman
Gelocatil Spain
Gripin Turkey, Paraguay
Gelonida Germany
Gesic Bangladesh
Gripex Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Tunisia
Grippostad Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Hungary, Egypt, Serbia, Slovakia, Austria, Spain
Hecamol Taiwan
Hedex Ireland, United Kingdom, Bangladesh
Hepa Bangladesh
Hipa Bangladesh
Ilvico Spain, Portugal
Influbene Austria, Bulgaria, Romania
Ipramol Pakistan
Kafa Switzerland
Kitadol Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay
Kodone Guatemala
Lekadol Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria,
Lupocet Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia
Migraleve Israel, Portugal, Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom
Mexalen Austria, Hungary
Minamol Turkey
Minoset Turkey
Nalsarac Vietnam
Napa Bangladesh, Singapore, Pakistan
Napadol Bangladesh
Nikold Georgia
Neopap United States
Neo-Percodan Mexico
Pamol New Zealand, Indonesia, Finland, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia
Panado South Africa
Panadol Chile, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Greece, Australia, Belgium, Spain, Croatia, New Zealand, Serbia, France, Malta, Peru, Slovakia, Georgia, Indonesia, Tunisia, China, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Hungary, Oman, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Czech Republic
Panamax Taiwan, Australia
Panda Oman, Jordan[31]
Panodil Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Panoxen Russian Federation
Panreliv Philippines
Paracet Iceland, Israel, Norway, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Turkey
Paralen Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Lithuania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Norway
Paramax Norway, Slovakia, Philippines, Ireland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia
Paramed Tunisia
Paratabs Iceland
Paramol Israel, Romania, Thailand, Egypt, Kuwait, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Paraguay
Parol Turkey, Georgia
Perdolan Belgium, Luxembourg
Perfalgan Turkey, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Ireland, India, Italy, Lithuania, New Zealand, Oman, Romania, Tunisia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Egypt, Malta, Austria, Israel, Switzerland
Pinex Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands
Plicet Croatia, North Macedonia
Pyrenol Bangladesh
Pyrigesic India
Revanin Kuwait, Oman
Rubophen Hungary
Sanipirina Italy
Sanmol Indonesia
Santa Cold Georgia
Saridon Bulgaria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Kuwait, Oman, Philippines, Portugal
Tachipirin Venezuela
Tachipirina Italy
Tafirol Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay
Tapsin Chile, Peru
Termalgin Spain
Tempra Kuwait, Mexico, Venezuela, Egypt, Ecuador, Lebanon, Philippines, Indonesia, Canada
Thomapyrin Croatia, Turkey, Austria, Germany
Tipol Malta
Triaminic Italy
Tylenol Thailand, Lebanon, Brazil, Egypt, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Myanmar, Philippines, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Netherlands, Canada, China, Lithuania, Paraguay, Switzerland, South Africa
Ultracet Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Venezuela, South Africa, United States, Brazil, Myanmar, Indonesia, China
Uphamol Malaysia
Valadol United States
Vermidon Turkey
Xumadol Spain, Portugal, Chile, Peru
Zolben Switzerland, Uruguay, Chile

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