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by erhaetherth 1112 days ago
No, Americans only know brand names because #capitalism.
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...that's why everyone in the UK has a Hoover. The most common term I've heard for {acetominophen, ibuprofen, etc} in the US is "pain killer".
So aggressive. In Dutch it's a pijnstiller, or "pain silencer".