Ask for Acetaminophen, instead of Tylenol

Rep. Seo Young-seok-Chairman Kim Dae-up's campaign to change public perception of fever pain control

Join the SNS Challenge, "Ask for Acetaminophen(same as Tylenol) at the pharmacy

"If fever or muscle pain occurs after vaccination, ask for Acetaminophen to the pharmacy." As the Tylenol shortage continues, the movement to change public perception begins.

 

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Seo Young-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea visited the Korean Pharmaceutical Association Hall on the morning of the 4th and announced that he would start an SNS challenge with Chairman Kim Dae-up.

 

Chairman Kim Dae-up & Seo Young-seok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who started SNS challenge

Representative Seo said, "The vaccination target is 13 million by the end of this month, and the quarantine authorities' plan is to start vaccinations by July." "The demand for painkillers is expected to surge due to the expansion of vaccinations, and if the stock is low, people will have to visit many pharmacies to buy Tylenol," he said.

 

He said, "With this phenomenon of Tylenol shortage, we need to draw the right public perception of the same active ingredient.

 

There are about 70 generics of the same active ingredient, and I hope it will serve as an opportunity to discuss why there was a phenomenon in which only certain brands, Tylenol, were favored and solutions," he explained the background of the SNS challenge.

 

"The domestic pharmaceutical market is very strange," said Chairman Kim Dae-up.

 

"There are many generics that cannot even be compared to foreign countries, and there are too many items of the same active ingredient as the consignment market." Chairman Kim said, "Tylenol was sold out as the KDCA promoted to take Tylenol after vaccination." "Some pharmacies have to say that Tylenol is out of stock 100 times," he said, criticizing the health authorities' initial response.

 

Chairman Kim said, "The KDCA should be responsible for distributing unofficial note prescriptions and asking vaccination centers to take Tylenol." "I am happy and grateful that Rep.

 

Seo Young-seok joined the movement to change public awareness under such circumstances," he said.

 

He then pointed to Yoon Sun-hee, chairman of the Bucheon Pharmaceutical Association, and Nam In-soon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, after Suh, who started the first SNS challenge.

 

Chairman Kim named Han Dong-joo, head of the Seoul Pharmaceutical Association, and Cho Sang-il, head of the Incheon Pharmaceutical Association, as SNS challenge runners.