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		soVeryTired 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paracetamol disrupts early embryogenesis by cell c... > I won't get into the history of why people take so much acetaminophen despite how crappy a drug it is. I'd love if you did. What's the story there?

propter_hoc 47 days ago [–]

Basically, the pharma industry's most successful marketing campaign ever. Here's an article from 1982:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/02/h...

https://archive.md/rssPI

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