Did you know that Tylenol has animal by-products in it?

Jun 25, 2008 13:07

I am personally allergic to all forms of pain medication (it really sucks) You all probably know this, but for those that didnt, I thought I would share with you. My friend wrote to the company, because she couldn't get a complete list of ingredients, and this was the response they sent to her:


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bitspike June 25 2008, 21:20:54 UTC
This line was especially helpful:

"Some examples of ingredients that are derived from animal by-products include . . ."

I admit, it would be a tough job to go through and list them all, but it doesn't actually list any specific products of theirs to avoid.

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fetishangel June 26 2008, 14:13:36 UTC
I don't know why they have to bastardize everything :(

My thyroid meds have milk byproducts in them. And they were probably tested on animals in some form. It makes me awesomely unhappy to have to take them every day knowing that.
I asked my friend (who's a pharmacist) why they have to put milk byproducts in my meds, and she said it's a binder. As if they can't come up with something else to bind it together. Psht.

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amkale24 June 26 2008, 23:53:33 UTC
what is polysorbate 80? I'm googling, but it's all so scientific that I don't understand. And no animal names are jumping off the pages at me.

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