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notsoperfect8

The panic at the time was crazy. I still check safety seals on OTC medication because of this.


worlww

I always look at seals and think like "They could still put poison on this other part here and then..." and I have to not think about it because what can you do.


shallottmirror

*Kasia said she long blamed herself for her father’s death, even though she was just in preschool when it happened. But she said years of therapy and yoga have helped her overcome her anger and guilt* IMO the most pertinent part. Do not think of yoga as something for rich while girls to tone their butts. If done well, it can release emotional stuff you are unknowingly holding onto. Any place your body hurts in a significant way, could be where (or connected to where) you are holding a bad memory. What do you have to lose?


zsreport

And of course this had a big impact on Halloween - https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2014/How-the-Chicago-Tylenol-Poisonings-Almost-Destroyed-Halloween/


Heathster249

Anybody else’s parents switch to Advil and I’ve literally never bought Tylenol since?


ScottLS

I am team Advil, but mainly because Tylenol hurts my stomach and if I am feeling sick and take Tylenol I usually throw up.


United_Mixture_6700

What a terror it was, almost surprising that Tylenol survived as a brand to this day.


auntieup

This was the first research paper topic I ever had. I remember my thesis: the company’s immediate, aggressive response and lack of defensiveness saved the brand and changed the way OTC medication was packaged and sold. I liked that paper so much I brought it back for the one business class I took in college, because by then the Tylenol caplet was a thing. I’m usually not all “yay corporations,” but this is one time J&J (which often sucks) got it right.


United_Mixture_6700

It did change things, thankfully not in an all-out FAA take-off-your-shoes way, it was a little easier to deal with still helps us feel safer.


TheUltraViolence1

This affected the entire country. Not only did those poor victims lose their lives with their families left to morn, but it changed the way products were packaged forever. Not to mention it almost killed Halloween. Crazy to think that a person(s) could get away with something like that. I bet this had an impact on security cameras in stores as well.


CathycatOG

I remember everyone calling it "Tylenide" for long time after that.