Acetaminophen Can Blunt the Brain’s Response to New Information

Would you be willing to give up a part of your brain function every
time you need to get rid of a headache? It turns out, acetaminophen
tablets create a brain debt, and a life debt at that.

Last year, an eye-opening study discovered that over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol (acetaminophen) can blunt emotions like joy. Essentially, they are emotional numb-ers.

Fast forward one year later and another study finds that paracetamol
(also acetaminophen) – the world’s most widely used pain reliever –
dulls the brain’s response to new information, the ability to adapt our
behavior to our surroundings (a necessary skill for surviving and
thriving) and process what’s going on around us. As you can imagine,
that would not only affect brain function but could also create a
negative domino effect in a person’s life. Consider how we need to
process information in order to solve problems, study, work, choose our
friends, a life’s mate, a home to settle down in or a career….