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Post by kevin on Jan 18, 2016 15:34:58 GMT -5
Midol's FAQ says: Can men take Midol for general symptoms of headache or body ache?
Midol is specifically formulated to help relieve the menstrual symptoms of women. However, males can use Midol as well, if they experience the same symptoms. www.midol.com/frequently-asked-questions/
See also www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2011/02/07/midol_a_cure_for_what_ails_men.html
It notes that some men use Midol for hangovers, which may not be a good idea--not because they are men but because some of the ingredients in Midol may be dangerous for anyone, male or female, with alcohol in their bodies.
But really there is no reason men cannot use Midol. As the article continues, "Midol is essentially two headache cures plus a cup of coffee rolled into one pill. Nothing in the drug will make men less manly. 'There’s no hormones in there. These are things that both men and women take,' Chaiet says."
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Post by longtimelurker on Jan 19, 2016 23:55:00 GMT -5
When I was in my early teens i used to ride freestyle bmx. One day I had a particularly nasty wreck and went home looking for some Tylenol. Only thing in the house was Midol. May have been my brain playing tricks on me but it seemed to have not only pain relief but a muscle relaxing effect..but it worked and I didn't complain!  |
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Post by Crossdresser on Jan 21, 2016 10:47:19 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this, Kevin. I didn't realize that Bayer changed the formula of Midol yet again. I did a long diatribe back around 2009 discussing what was in the various versions of Midol. At that time, they were still using the formulations that they went to after the government made the OTC companies prove their stuff worked. If you find really (decades) old containers of Midol, they contained a whole lot of stuff. I don't have the list anymore, but some of the individual ingredients were either superceded by a better chemical, were found harmful and/or banned, or could not be proven to be effective. I don't know when Midol started using Pyrilamine Maleate. Right now, it only seems to be used in menstrual relief products. However, it was used at various points in time for colds medications. Look at these two archived pages on drugs.com and just search for Pyrilamine. Because of layout, it will not catch these products if you use the term <Pyrilamine Maleate>. As you can see, some old formulas of Dristan and Robitussin used Pyrilamine Maleate. Stuff has been around for a long time: www.drugs.com/mmx/pyrilamine-maleate-phenylpropanolamine-hydrochloride-acetaminophen-and-caffeine.htmlwww.drugs.com/mmx/brompheniramine-maleate-phenylephrine-hydrochloride-phenylpropanolamine-hydrochloride-hydrocodone-bitartrate-and-guaifenesin.htmlFrom WebMD's page about just Acetaminophen and Pyrilamine Maleate: www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-76223/acetaminophen-pyrilamine-maleate-oral/details#usesFrom WebMD's page about Acetaminophen, Pyrilamine Maleate, and Caffeine: www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-452/acetaminophen-caffeine-pyrilamine-oral/details#usesHere they show a package of Midol Complete. www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-452/acetaminophen-caffeine-pyrilamine-oral/details/list-conditions |
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