According to a study published in the Journal of Social Cognitive and Effective Neuroscience, Tylenol not only stops pain and fever, it can make you more at risk.
“People seem to feel less negative when they consider risky cytomegalovirus activities – they just don’t feel so scared,” said Baldwin Wayne, president of the Associate Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University, in a press release. Release.
The researchers studied 189 college students who took 1000 mg of acetaminophen (the active ingredient of Tylenol), the recommended dose for headaches or a placebo that looks like Tylenol. Participants were then asked how dangerous some activities are – such as bungee jumping, starting a new career in your mid-30s, participating in a skydiving class and going home alone in an unsafe area in the city, while – one door will be rated one to one. Scale of seven.
Studies have shown that participants who took acetaminophen rated certain activities, such as bungee jumping, as less risky than the rankings given by the placebo group. (iStock)
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The study found that those who took acetaminophen found those activities to be less dangerous than the placebo group. According to the press release, the risk-taking effects caused by acetaminophen were also discovered in another separate experimental study involving 545 students.
In that study, participants were asked to click a button on a computer to inflate a balloon on a screen. The person will receive virtual money with each click, they can close at any time and add money to their virtual bank, then proceed to the next balloon.
Anyway, explained in the release, “You’re pumping the balloon, it’s getting bigger on your computer screen, and you’re making more money with each pump.” However, there is a risk.
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“The decision to do it as it gets bigger is: should I keep pumping and if I can make more money knowing that if it explodes I’ll lose the money I made from that balloon?” Way shared.
Those who took acetaminophen were wound up with more bursting balloons and pumped more often than the placebo group.
“People who are on acetaminophen, as the balloon gets bigger, we assume they have less discomfort and less negative feelings about how big the balloon is getting and how likely it is to explode.” “If you’re at risk. , You can pump a little bit and then decide to take the cash because you don’t want this balloon to burst and your money lost. “
Way suggested that the findings of the study have many implications for everyday life, as we include assessing many of the risks, such as driving.
Way noted during the coronavirus epidemic that many people take acetaminophen for early novel coronavirus symptoms, as recommended by disease control centers, as this can have an effect on how to reduce the spread of some viruses.
“Maybe someone with mild covid-19 symptoms doesn’t feel like leaving their home and meeting people if they’re taking acetaminophen.”
“We really need more research into the effects of acetaminophen and other over-the-counter drugs on the choices and risks we take.”
