Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • New insight into how Tylenol (acetaminophen) works to provide pain relief.

    June 2, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2025 Source:Tylenol Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought – Scientists Just Made a Surprising Pain Relief Discovery Reference:Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception

  • Children’s Tylenol shortages creating concern for parents. Some solutions offered by some physicians make sense, others leave parents somewhat stranded.

    September 23, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September , 2022 Source:Can I give my sick kids expired Tylenol? Doctors say try this first

  • Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA

    August 18, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 18, 2022 Source:Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA

  • Ontario study finds that more teens are using over-the-counter-drugs to intentionally overdose

    November 27, 2019

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 29, 2019 Source:More Canadian teens using over-the-counter drugs to overdose, data show Reference:Trends of intentional drug overdose among youth: a population-based cohort study

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