Had to Google because I’ve wondered why but never actually looked into it, and so in case anyone else also hasn’t:
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1852): This French chemist is sometimes credited with being the first to synthesize the compound, though this is debated.
Harmon Northrop Morse (1878): Morse, an American chemist, is also cited for first preparing the compound. However, the discovery was not pursued for medicinal purposes at the time.
I haven’t gone further than that because I’m going to be late to work, really pushing the limit today, but something I’m definitely interested in looking into.
Regardless, the drug name is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, and so both Names™ are in there. Stupid! Although paracetamol is kinda stretching it.
Let’s just call it N-tylol. Jesus that’s how they came up with Tylenol.
Paracetamol is the correct generic name in English outside of north America, and is broadly used throughout Europe/middle east and Africa as the generic name.
Acetaminophen is the generic name largely only in north america
Had to Google because I’ve wondered why but never actually looked into it, and so in case anyone else also hasn’t:
I haven’t gone further than that because I’m going to be late to work, really pushing the limit today, but something I’m definitely interested in looking into.
Regardless, the drug name is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, and so both Names™ are in there. Stupid! Although paracetamol is kinda stretching it.
Let’s just call it N-tylol. Jesus that’s how they came up with Tylenol.
Paracetamol is the correct generic name in English outside of north America, and is broadly used throughout Europe/middle east and Africa as the generic name.
Acetaminophen is the generic name largely only in north america
I got that part. It was mainly the why.
Japan apparently uses acetaminophen.