Tylenol 500 mg tablets (paracetamol)

타이레놀정500밀리그람

Official English name: Tylenol Tablet 500mg

Looks like: white oblong, marked TYLENOL / 500

What it is used for

Fever and pain from a cold, headache, nerve pain, muscle pain, period pain, sprains, toothache, joint pain and rheumatic pain.

Translated from the official Korean label, for reference.

이 약은 감기로 인한 발열 및 동통(통증), 두통, 신경통, 근육통, 월경통, 염좌통(삔 통증), 치통, 관절통, 류마티양 동통(통증)에 사용합니다

Adults and children 12 and over: 1 to 2 tablets at a time, 3 to 4 times a day (every 4 to 6 hours) when needed.
Take the lowest dose that works for the shortest time possible. Do not take more than 8 tablets (4 g) a day.

Show the Korean original

만 12세 이상 소아 및 성인은 1회 1~2정씩, 1일 3~4회(4~6시간 마다) 필요시 복용합니다.

이 약은 가능한 최단기간동안 최소 유효용량으로 복용하며, 1일 최대 8정(4 g)을 초과하여 복용하지 않습니다.

Each pharmacy sets its own price for this medicine.

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 and toxic epidermal necrolysis. 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).

Sources: MFDS drug approval data and e-Drug information (item 202106092).