“In the study, participants who took acetaminophen reported less strong emotions when they saw both very pleasant and very disturbing photos, when compared to those who took placebos.
Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in the over-the-counter pain reliever Tylenol, has been in use for more than 70 years in the United States, but this is the first time that this side effect has been documented.
Previous research had shown that acetaminophen works not only on physical pain, but also on psychological pain. This study takes those results one step further by showing that it also reduces how much users actually feel positive emotions, said Geoffrey Durso, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in social psychology at The Ohio State University…
Way said people in the study who took the pain reliever didn't appear to know they were reacting differently…
Each week about 23 percent of American adults (about 52 million people) use a medicine containing acetaminophen, the CHPA reports…
this study offers support to a relatively new theory that says that common factors may influence how sensitive we are to both the bad as well as the good things in life.”
This is just all kinds of interesting.
I definitely agree with this theory of emotional sensitivity.
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