Study Shows Medicine’s Most Popular Painkiller Useless For ICU Patients

Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, is one of the most popular painkillers and fever reducers on the planet. Medical doctors often prescribe it to reduce fever in hospitalized patients.

But does reducing fever in critically ill patients actually help them recover from virulent infections or get better faster?

In 2015 a team of fifteen scientist…