list of paracetamol brand names list of paracetamol brand names the medication paracetamol (inn) (/ˌpærəˈsiːtəmɒl/ or /ˌpærəˈsɛtəmɒl/), also known as acetaminophen (usan) /əˌsiːtəˈmɪnəfɪn/ (listen), is sold around the world under a number of different brand names. common brand names include tylenol, excedrin, calpol, and panadol. tylenol tylenol 8-hour pills tylenol is a brand of drugs advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough headache, and influenza. the active ingredient of its original flagship product is paracetamol. the brand name "tylenol" is owned by mcneil consumer healthcare, a subsidiary of johnson & johnson. as of 2017 the brand was used in brazil, canada, china, egypt, lebanon, myanmar, oman, philippines, portugal, switzerland, thailand, united states, and vietnam. calpol calpol is a brand of children's medicine sold in the uk, ireland, india, cyprus, hong kong, kenya, malta and the philippines. the main product is a paracetamol suspension, branded as calpol infant suspension. it is usually a coloured syrup with a sweet taste, and is used to treat fever and pain. in 2016 it was the second biggest selling branded over-the-counter medication sold in great britain, with sales of £66.3 million. calpol also comes in a form containing ibuprofen, marketed under the name calprofen. calpol is a common cause of accidental child poisoning because of its pleasant taste. calpol night, a product containing paracetamol and an anti-histamine, was listed for use from 2+ months. however, this was changed and it is now only considered suitable for children over the age of 6 years. history calpol was launched in 1959 by english pharmaceutical company, calmic ltd, based in crewe, cheshire; the company's name was an abbreviation of cheshire and lancashire medical industries corporation, which moved from lancashire to crewe hall in 1947. the calpol brand name is likely a combination of 'calmic' and 'paracetamol'. calmic was acquired by wellcome (today glaxosmithkline) in 1966, and calpol became one of wellcome's best-selling uk products in the 1980s. the brand was later owned by pfizer consumer healthcare, which was acquired by johnson & johnson in 2006. calpol is today a brand of johnson & johnson's mcneil consumer healthcare subsidiary; in 2020, calpol was the uk's top-selling paediatric analgesic product with sales worth £60.1 million. panadol panadol 500 mg tablets panadol is one of glaxosmithkline's trade names for paracetamol or acetaminophen. according to glaxosmithkline, panadol is marketed in 85 countries, including australia, belgium, brazil, bulgaria, chile, finland, france, greece, honduras, hong kong, indonesia, ireland, italy, kenya, korea, lebanon, malaysia, netherlands, new zealand, nigeria, the philippines, peru, puerto rico, pakistan, romania, saudi arabia, singapore, south africa, sri lanka, switzerland, taiwan, thailand, trinidad and tobago, turkey, the united arab emirates, egypt, the united kingdom, vietnam, malta, uruguay, north korea and oman. history after it was first introduced only in clinics in 1953, panadol started its commercial business in 1955 by phillips, scott & turner, which was acquired by frederick stearns & co, a subsidiary of sterling drug inc. it was advertised as being "gentle on the stomach", since other analgesic agents at the time contained aspirin, a known stomach irritant. in 1955, panadol was introduced to hospitals in the united kingdom. panadol was originally available only by prescription in the uk, but is now available over the counter. in 1983, sterling introduced panadol to the united states market. in 1988 sterling winthrop was acquired by eastman kodak which sold the worldwide over the counter drug business to smithkline beecham in 1994. two weeks later, smithkline beecham sold the over-the-counter medication business in the united states, canada and puerto rico to bayer for us$1 billion. however, north american rights to panadol were retained by smithkline. it has been called "one of the most-frequently counterfeited medicines in the world." other formulations and packaging panadol is sold in different formulations and packaging with different names. panadol extra, an s2 pharmacy-only medicine in australia, combines 65 mg of caffeine with 500 mg of paracetamol per tablet. caffeine may improve the analgesic effect of paracetamol. studies have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the clinical significance of this incremental pain relief. panadol osteo and panadol extend tablets are modified-release formulations of paracetamol. panadol osteo is marketed in australia and new zealand; its immediate to sustained release ratio is 33% to 66%. panadol rapid handipak is panadol rapid packaged in a slim container of ten 500 mg caplets, designed to appeal to australian women who are 20 to 35 years of age. panadol cold and catarrh contains three active ingredients: paracetamol, phenylephrine hydrochloride as a nasal decongestant, and chlorpheniramine maleate to prevent certain allergies. panadol cold and flu and panadol fever and congestion both combine paracetamol with phenylephrine hydrochloride as a nasal decongestant. other brand names common brand names include: brand name countries acamol israel ace + bangladesh acet united states acetalgin switzerland adol bahrain, kuwait, oman, united arab emirates aeknil india aldolor israel alvedon sweden apap poland, greenland, united states apiretalapiretal flas spain, portugal atamel venezuela, haiti atasol canada, mexico benuron austria, germany, portugal, switzerland biogesic myanmar, philippines, indonesia biogesic-kiddielets philippines, myanmar buscapina argentina, mexico, spain, venezuela calonal japan calpol bulgaria, cyprus, india, ireland, kenya, turkey, united kingdom, philippines, pakistan, south africa captin germany cemol thailand cetamol nepal coldex israel coldrex bulgaria, croatia, romania, slovenia co-tipol ireland (with codeine phosphate hemihydrate) cotibin chile crocin india dafalgan belgium, france, portugal, russia, spain (esteve), switzerland, ukraine daleron slovenia, north macedonia depon greece, cyprus dexamoldexamol plus israel dolex colombia dolgesic spain (ferrer grupo) doli-bien algeria doliprane algeria, france, morocco, portugal, russia, tunisia, ukraine, senegal, mali, ivory coast dolo india dolorol south africa dolprone switzerland dolyc algeria duiyixian anjifen pian (chinese: 对乙酰氨基酚片; lit. 'acetaminophen tablets') china efferalgan bulgaria, croatia, france, italy, portugal, romania, russia, serbia, spain, ukraine, vietnam. made by upsa laboratoires in france. coefferalgan instead is a preparation of paracetamol and codeine and follows the restrictions placed on opioid analgesics. endopain hong kong enelfa germany europain hong kong excedrin brazil, canada, japan, mexico, myanmar, panama, puerto rico, peru, south korea, switzerland, thailand, united states (combined with aspirin and caffeine). formerly marketed in ireland. expandol algeria febrectal spain (almirall) febricet serbia febridol australia fensum germany fepanil india fervex bulgaria fevadol saudi arabia gelocatil spain (gelos) gripin turkey gesic bangladesh hedex bangladesh, kenya hedanol australia herron australia influbene switzerland kafa switzerland kitadol chile lekadol croatia, slovenia lupocet croatia metacin india mexalen austria milidon malaysia minoset turkey momentum austria napa bangladesh napadol bangladesh (paracetamol + tramadol) niko nepal neo-kiddielets philippines pain relief united states pacol georgia pamol denmark, finland, france, new zealand, norway, sweden, indonesia parol turkey panado south africa panadol afghanistan, algeria, australia, azerbaijan, bahrain, belgium, bulgaria, british west indies, central america, chile, croatia, cyprus, czech republic, egypt, estonia, finland, greece, hong kong, hungary, indonesia, ireland, kenya, kuwait, jordan, lebanon, lithuania, north macedonia, malaysia, malta, myanmar, netherlands, new zealand, nigeria, oman, pakistan, panama, peru, philippines, poland, portugal, puerto rico, qatar, romania, russia, saudi arabia, serbia, singapore, slovakia, slovenia, sri lanka, switzerland, syria, taiwan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, ukraine, united arab emirates, united kingdom, united states, vietnam panamax australia panda jordan panodil denmark, iceland, norway, sweden paracet norway, serbia paracitol sri lanka paralen czech republic, slovakia paralgan algeria paramax finland, estonia paramed botswana, south africa, zimbabwe paratabs iceland paramol algeria, israel, taiwan, united kingdom (contains paracetamol and dihydrocodeine tartrate) paracetol iraq parol turkey perdolan belgium perfalgan germany, norway, spain, south africa (bristol-myers squibb), switzerland pinex denmark, iceland, norway, finland piretanyl chile, israel, netherlands, turkey plicet croatia pyongsu cetamol north korea pyrenol (paracetamol plus caffeine) bangladesh pyrigesic india reliv sweden revanin jordan rokamol israel rubophen hungary sanmol indonesia sara thailand scanol taiwan sinpro n germany tachipirin venezuela tachipirina italy tafirol argentina, mexico tapsin chile termalgin spain (novartis) tempra mexico, philippines, indonesia, venezuela thomapyrin austria, germany (contains paracetamol, acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine) tipol ireland togal classic duo germany (contains paracetamol and acetylsalicylic acid) treuphadol switzerland triaminic united states tylenol brazil, canada, japan, mexico, myanmar, panama, puerto rico, peru, china (paracetamol sustained-release tablets/tylenol cold), south korea, switzerland, thailand, united states. formerly marketed in ireland. uphamol malaysia vermidon turkey vitamol thailand xumadol spain (italfarmaco) zolben switzerland, uruguay, chile.