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Tacenol 8 Hour 650 mg extended-release tablets (paracetamol)

타세놀8시간이알서방정

Official English name: Tacenol 8 hours ER Tablet

Photo of the white oblong, marked TACENOL  ER

Looks like: white oblong, marked TACENOL ER

What it is used for

Lowering fever and relieving pain from a cold, headache, toothache, muscle pain, back pain, period pain and joint pain.

Translated from the official Korean label, for reference.

이 약은 해열 및 감기에 의한 동통(통증)과 두통, 치통, 근육통, 허리동통(통증), 생리통, 관절통의 완화에 사용합니다.

How to use

  • Adults and children 12 and over: 2 tablets every 8 hours.
  • Do not take more than 6 tablets in 24 hours.
Show the Korean original

12세 이상의 소아 및 성인은 매 8시간마다 2정씩 복용합니다.

24시간 동안 6정을 초과하지 마십시오.

Price

₩70 a tablet

Insurance price cap (Oct 1, 2026). It applies when a doctor prescribes it under Korean health insurance. Without a prescription, each pharmacy sets its own price.

How medicine prices work in Korea

Warnings from the Korean label

  • If you drink 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, talk to a doctor or pharmacist before you take this medicine or any other medicine for fever and pain. It can damage your liver.
  • Very rarely, serious skin reactions that can be fatal have been reported, such as acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). If you get a skin rash or any other sign of an allergic reaction after taking it, stop taking it right away.
  • Do not take more than the daily maximum of 4,000 mg of paracetamol (acetaminophen). It can damage your liver. Do not take it with any other product that contains paracetamol (acetaminophen).

Details

Active ingredient
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) 650 mg per tablet
Form
Extended-release tablet
Maker
BUKWANG PHARM. CO., LTD.
MFDS item number
200201482

Learn more

More for fever and pain

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Sources: MFDS drug approval data and e-Drug information (item 200201482), HIRA insurance price list (Oct 1, 2026).