paracetamol ?

[drone]

I need to get some paracetamol from the chemist!
Does anyone know what I would ask for in Japanese?

in pain

Please help !

Thank you.

[Satsujin]

uhhhhh what's paracetamol?

[JockZon]

Don't you know what that is? It's a thing that's put in drugs. For example temporar headache.

[metablue]

It's the stuff in Tylenol, though I don't know what it's called in Japan. The painkiller that isn't asprin.

I think it might be too late for poor drone now =/

<edit>
Here I found this online:
Paracetamol as it's known in the UK has the generic name of acetaminophen. It's marketed as Tylenol in the US. You can often find Tylenol in regular Japanese pharmacies. If not then ask the doctor for acetaminophen.

[spinozza]

Acetaminophen

[Brody]

Don't know if you need it now, but I found out how to say it in Japanese:

アセトアミノフィン

so to ask for it:

アセトアミノフィンお願いします。

[sumikekaito]

I never heard of parecetamol. Non-asprin Tylenol? Do you mean Acetaminophen
アセトアミノフェン

[metablue]

I said acetaminophen in my post! The part that I added under <edit> soon after posting.

There's asprin, and then for people who get a stomach ache when they take asprin, there's the other major painkiller. The "un-asprin", the painkiller of many names. Generic name acetaminophen, Paracetamol in the UK, Panadol in New Zealand, Tylenol in North America.

[sumikekaito]

Ok, I didn't see that. But here in America, Tylenol can refer to Asprin or Non-Asprin.

[metablue]

Ok, I didn't see that. But here in America, Tylenol can refer to Asprin or Non-Asprin.

People might use Tylenol as a generic name for a painkiller, but according to the Tylenol site, there's no asprin in it.
http://www.tylenol.com/print.jhtml?id=t ... nt.inc#1_f