![]() ![]() I bought some and took them according to the package instructions, as I did with paracetamol in Australia. Paracetamol meant nothing to him, but he checked it for me and found it was sold in the US as acetaminophen. The major brand for it here is Panadol, but I buy it as a cheaper generic house brand from the major supermarkets.Īfter unsuccessfully scouring the shelves of several pharmacies in Minneapolis, where we happened to be at the time, reading the active ingredients on all kinds of pain killers and getting nowhere, I asked the pharmacist if it was available in the US or was not on the shelf because it was by prescription only. At one stage I needed a pain killer and went to various pharmacies (known here as chemists or chemist shops) looking for what I had been taking here - paracetamol. In 1993 my husband and I made a three-month trip to the USA. Is it a line that is not sold in the USA/Canada? ![]() Here in Australia, the no caffeine Diet Coke is readily available. Most of the previous comments seem to be from the USA (where I was born and lived the first twenty-one years of my life) or Canada. If it is not on the shelf when I’m shopping I MIGHT buy the other lo-cal Coca-Cola and Pepsi drinks, but usually I pass them up and wait for the no caffeine Diet Coke at the next store or on my next shopping trip. No one has mentioned my favorite (spelled favourite here in Australia) - no caffeine Diet Coke. Caffeine is good, but as we all should know, you can have too much of a good thing. There is also a study showing Caffeinol, a drug combination of a huge does of caffeine and alcohol are helpful with stroke patients. Caffeine has been shown to affect mood, stamina, the cerebral vascular system, and gastric and colonic activity (Caffeine is actually used in certain instances for medical treatments, such as with alcoholics who receive “banana bags” which contain multivitamins and other additives, one of which is caffeine. ![]() It is eventually excreted so there is no accumulation in the body. After ingesting caffeine, it is completely absorbed within 30 to 45 minutes, and its effects substantially diminish within about three hours. As far as caffeinated medication, yes, some OTC medications do contain caffeine, such as Excedrin, but this is not plain Acetaminophen (Brand name Tylenol). There are caffeine-free “no caffeine” carbonated drinks for just about every large name brand soda (Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. I am supposing the amount of caffeine in coffee, tea and chocolate and the associated consumption has led to a general belief that caffeine is safe in any quantity but here that belief is not held (which I think may actually be somewhat smart in that too much of anything is not usually good.) This lack of regulation may also have changed recently based on some of the other articles/postings I have seen regarding the European Union and United States. The other interesting tidbit I learned was that Canada is one of the only nations in the world to regulate caffeine as a food additive. All other products with added caffeine are listed as health products which are not regulated as food which is where the energy drinks made their inroads to Canada. My recent findings, as described by Health Canada, are that caffeine is allowed to be added to a food product, which soda beverages are classified, unless it is a cola-type beverage. ![]() I was doing some research into the Mountain Dew in Canada (where I live) as someone told me the cola only caffeine was not true anymore and I was not able to provide a good reason why it would still be in place. ![]()
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