paregoric

Until 1970, Paregoric could be purchased at a pharmacy without a medical prescription, in accordance with federal law.

The principal active ingredient in Paregoric is powdered opium.

Paregoric is currently list in the United States Pharmacopeia.

Paregoric is mentioned in the following works:

Paregoric may also be alternated with Lomotil.

"Paregoric," he discovered, was camphorated tincture of opium.

However, Laudanum contains 10 milligrams of morphine per milliliter, 25 times more than Paregoric.

Paregoric, an antidiarrheal agent.

The current formula for Paregoric, U.S.P. should not be assumed to be universal.

Paregoric was classified as an "Exempt Narcotic," as were other medical products containing small amounts of opium or their derivatives.

This arrant domestic political manipulation was conceded by Hay when he wrote: "As to Paregoric - or is it Pericarditis?

It is unclear when the current formula for Paregoric, U.S.P. was developed in the United States, and more research is needed.

Paregoric is the stuff.... Now," he continued, turning suddenly from lively to severe when the door had closed behind the flushed and angry woman, "this gang means business.

Paregoric, or camphorated tincture of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata, is a medication known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties.

Thus the term "Paregoric" should be used instead of "Camphorated Opium Tincture," since the latter may be confused with Laudanum.

Paregoric was used in various formulations for hundreds of years, and its ingredients "were assembled out of the obsolete humoral philosophy and quasiscientific reasoning of the Renaissance."

The differences between Tincture of Opium (Laudanum) and Camphorated Tincture of Opium (Paregoric) are important and should be kept in mind when administering either of these drugs.

Atropine, Belladonna, Laudanum, Paregoric, Oil of Lavender, Oil of Juniper, Permyroyal, Lady's-vetch, . . . and the squat brown-glass bottle of alcohol.

In a calm, routine way, Andy lined up the Ipecac, Paregoric, Elixir of Terpin Hydrate, Lomotil, Solu-Cortef, Sudafed, Dimetapp, Cavit-G and Circle Cutting Atraumatic Needles.

Paregoric is sometimes confused with Laudanum, because their chemical names are similar: Camphorated Tincture of Opium (Paregoric) vs. Tincture of Opium (Laudanum).

Paregoric was a household remedy in the 18th and 19th centuries, when it was widely used to control diarrhea in adults and children, an expectorant and cough medicine, calm fretful children, and to rub on the gums to counteract the pain from teething.

In 1944, two clinicians who evaluated the expectorant action of Paregoric concluded: "The survival of paregoric through the centuries, and particularly through recent critical decades is probably due to keen clinical observation and stubborn adherence to the clinical deduction that paregoric is useful in certain types of cough."