[Magdalen] Why not named paracetamol in the US? was Prayer patsunhappy gut

[Charles Wohlers]

An "ol" ending chemically means it's an alcohol - which acetaminophen / 
paracetamol is. A "mol" ending isn't significant in any chemical sense, but 
it may mean something to the FDA - it certainly doesn't to this chemist.

Both common names derive from the (pre-IUPAC) chemical name, 
para-acetylaminophenol.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Kristin Rollins
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 6:16 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: [Magdalen] Why not named paracetamol in the US? was Prayer 
patsunhappy gut

I got curious, and did some Googling. I found a couple of commenters
suggesting that the -mol at the end was not acceptable to the FDA. One
example:

'The FDA has rules about drug names, and the "mol" ending implies a drug
of a different class in the US, so the makers had to come up with a
different name. The same applies to other common drugs: UK's salbutamol
became albuterol on introduction into the US. Drugs often are used in
the UK before they're released to use in the US, so we have to put up
with these inconveniences.'

I couldn't find any confirmation from anything close to an "official" or
"reliable" site, but since none of us are going to be relying upon the
information for any decisions, I'll share this, despite the risk that it
may not be accurate.

ObAng: If it isn't accurate, it's an example of coming up with
explanations, even if we don't understand what we wish explained. :) I
have heard many of those in the churches of my experience.

Kristin

-- 
  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Portsmouth, VA

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016, at 02:15 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Paracetamol = Acetaminophen (don't know why the USA has its own
> generic name for this: "-aceta-" seems to be the common bit).
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:51 PM,  <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do feel a bit better this evening, after a day's rest, with plenty of
> > fluids, paracetamol and antispasmodics.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA