How Safe Are Tylenol and Advil?

And just as in politics, the result has been more heat than light. \"I think right now there is confusion out there,\" said Dr. Debra Bowen, director of the division of Over-the-Counter Drug Evaluation at the Food and Drug Administration. The agency is now trying to write a regulation setting out what warning should be on the labels of common pain relievers, including aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and ketoprofen. ","keywords":"KETOPROFEN (DRUG), TYLENOL (DRUG), ADVERTISING, ADVIL (DRUG), PAIN-RELIEVING DRUGS, LABELING AND LABELS, ACETAMINOPHEN (DRUG), ASPIRIN, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, IBUPROFEN (DRUG),WHITEHALL-ROBINS, MCNEIL CONSUMER PRODUCTS CO","section":"us","sub_section":null,"section_display":"U.S.","sub_section_display":null,"byline":"By PHILIP J.  more