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Tylenol Ingredient May Impair Your Ability to Empathize With Others

Tylenol Ingredient May Impair Your Ability to Empathize With Others

The most widely used OTC pain medicine, acetaminophen, has been linked to a decrease in empathy for others. A study conducted at The Ohio State University showed that students given the drug rated other’s pain less than students given a placebo. The drug has also been linked to a decrease in positive feelings. Researchers intend to test ibuprofen for the same effects.

Key Takeaways:

  • A recent study suggests that taking acetaminophen may not only dull your physical pain, but your ability to feel others’ pain as well.
  • “We don’t know why acetaminophen is having these effects, but it is concerning,” said researcher Baldwin Way, PhD, in a press release. “Empathy is important.
  • In an earlier study, Way and his co-author Dominik Mischkowski, PhD, found that acetaminophen may have another unexpected side effect: dulling positive emotions, like joy.

“A recent study suggests that taking acetaminophen may not only dull your physical pain, but your ability to feel others’ pain as well.”

http://www.health.com/mind-body/acetaminophen-can-reduce-empathy

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