And by people, I mean me. This past Saturday morning, I woke up with the beginnings of a sore throat. Not one to get sidelined by sickness, I headed off to CVS for some over the counter remedies to get me through the weekend without missing a beat. I grabbed some lozenges, and some Tylenol Sore Throat…COOL BURST!

At about noontime, I decided to take some of the Tylenol sore throat, and after digging through the 11 page mini-manual affixed to the bottle, I figured out the proper dosage downed the recommended amount. Two tea spoons. Or table spoons. Or something.

About 30 minutes later, I felt an increasingly strong urge to lay down for a bit. Figuring I was just being drained by the oncoming sickness, I hit the pillow around 1pm. I woke up at 6. I had some dinner (a bowl of soup), a half shot more of the sore throat elixir, and then laid back down around 8, not to wake again until 11:30am THE NEXT DAY.

Turns out that I had unknowingly downed a full dose and a half of the Tylenol Sore Throat NIGHT TIME. Now take a look at the photo below, and tell me that the portion of the label, indicating that this is a night time drug, is easy to read. Also consider that many people, like me, skim these bottles at best, before taking what is contained within.

Now I know I should read these a bit more carefully, but come on. Blue on blue labeling doesn’t exactly make the most crucial pieces of information pertaining to this drug stick out. The night-time/day-time indication needs to be a bit more prominent here. This god damned bottle (and my disdain for reading directions), cost me a full 24 hours of life.