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Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds

Posted by Soulskill on from the pills-that-turn-you-into-a-robot dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions (abstract). Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in the over-the-counter pain reliever Tylenol, has been in use for more than 70 years in the United States, but this is the first time that this side effect has been documented.

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  1. Headache by irrational_design · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is surely a joke about "Not tonight dear, I have a headache" here somewhere.

    1. Re:Headache by JanneM · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Not tonight dear, I don't have a headache"?

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    2. Re:Headache by kuzb · · Score: 5, Funny

      The most common problem here is that men open with the wrong question.

      "Would you like some Aspirin, dear?"

      "No, I don't have a headache"

      "Eeeexcellent"

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    3. Re:Headache by davester666 · · Score: 3, Funny

      or rather "Not tonight dear, I had a headache"

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  2. It's true! by slashmydots · · Score: 4, Funny

    I took some Tylenol this morning for a headache and when I showed up, the support tickets were still bullshit, someone still claims I didn't fix something correctly, and I still hate my job and everyone there. Now I know why :P

    1. Re:It's true! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You should take some happy pills and dismiss all bugs as WORKSFORME! It works for me.

  3. Re:Laugh by newcastlejon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doctor: Oh you're feeling suicidal... and so on and so on.

    I'm sorry, but I don't get it. Did they manage to kill the fly in the end?

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  4. Re:Tradeoffs by whoever57 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That should be the next 'go back in time' movie, send the Puritans to colonize Krakatoa and let the good-timing criminals colonize America

    We know where that leads: Australia.

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  5. Re:Positive emotions are a myth by narcc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, this is Slashdot...

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