<P> Paracetamol was first marketed in the United States in 1950 under the name Triagesic , a combination of paracetamol , aspirin , and caffeine . Reports in 1951 of three users stricken with the blood disease agranulocytosis led to its removal from the marketplace , and it took several years until it became clear that the disease was unconnected . Paracetamol was marketed in 1953 by Sterling - Winthrop Co. as Panadol , available only by prescription , and promoted as preferable to aspirin since it was safe for children and people with ulcers . In 1955 , paracetamol was marketed as Children 's Tylenol Elixir by McNeil Laboratories . In 1956 , 500 mg tablets of paracetamol went on sale in the United Kingdom under the trade name Panadol , produced by Frederick Stearns & Co , a subsidiary of Sterling Drug Inc . In 1963 , paracetamol was added to the British Pharmacopoeia , and has gained popularity since then as an analgesic agent with few side - effects and little interaction with other pharmaceutical agents . Concerns about paracetamol 's safety delayed its widespread acceptance until the 1970s , but in the 1980s paracetamol sales exceeded those of aspirin in many countries , including the United Kingdom . This was accompanied by the commercial demise of phenacetin , blamed as the cause of analgesic nephropathy and hematological toxicity . In 1988 Sterling Winthrop was acquired by Eastman Kodak which sold the over the counter drug rights to SmithKline Beecham in 1994 . </P>
<P> Paracetamol was first marketed in the United States in 1950 under the name Triagesic , a combination of paracetamol , aspirin , and caffeine . Reports in 1951 of three users stricken with the blood disease agranulocytosis led to its removal from the marketplace , and it took several years until it became clear that the disease was unconnected . Paracetamol was marketed in 1953 by Sterling - Winthrop Co. as Panadol , available only by prescription , and promoted as preferable to aspirin since it was safe for children and people with ulcers . In 1955 , paracetamol was marketed as Children 's Tylenol Elixir by McNeil Laboratories . In 1956 , 500 mg tablets of paracetamol went on sale in the United Kingdom under the trade name Panadol , produced by Frederick Stearns & Co , a subsidiary of Sterling Drug Inc . In 1963 , paracetamol was added to the British Pharmacopoeia , and has gained popularity since then as an analgesic agent with few side - effects and little interaction with other pharmaceutical agents . Concerns about paracetamol 's safety delayed its widespread acceptance until the 1970s , but in the 1980s paracetamol sales exceeded those of aspirin in many countries , including the United Kingdom . This was accompanied by the commercial demise of phenacetin , blamed as the cause of analgesic nephropathy and hematological toxicity . In 1988 Sterling Winthrop was acquired by Eastman Kodak which sold the over the counter drug rights to SmithKline Beecham in 1994 . </P>
when did paracetamol become available in the uk
when did paracetamol become available in the uk
1956
1956