article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Feeling so happy you just can't stand it?
article_snippet.sent: You might want to pop some acetaminophen.
article_snippet.sent: A new study has found that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, most forms of Midol and more than 600 other medicines, reduces not only pain but pleasure, as well.
article_snippet.sent: The authors of the study, which was published this week in Psychological Science, say that this week was already known that acetaminophen blunted psychological pain.
article_snippet.sent: But The authors of the study, which was published this week in Psychological Science new research led The authors of the study, which was published this week in Psychological Science to the conclusion that it also blunted joy -- in other words, that it narrowed the range of feelings experienced.
article_snippet.sent: This means that using Tylenol or similar products might have broader consequences than previously thought," said Geoffrey Durso, a doctoral student in social psychology at Ohio State University and the lead author of A new study.
article_snippet.sent: Rather than just being a pain reliever, acetaminophen can be seen as an all-purpose emotion reliever.
article_snippet.sent: Most people probably aren't aware of how Most people emotions may be impacted when Most people take acetaminophen," Way said.
article_snippet.sent: Each week, about 23% of American adults -- or 52 million people -- use a medicine containing acetaminophen, according to the nonprofit Consumer Healthcare Products Association.
article_snippet.sent: the study's authors said the study's authors was not known whether other pain relievers, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, have the same effect.
highlights_snippet.sent: Each week, 52 million Americans use the pain reliever .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Unknown whether other pain products produce the same effect .