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Calpol is a brand of children's medicine sold in the UK, Ireland, India, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malta, Philippines and Turkey. The main product is a paracetamol suspension, branded as Calpol Infant Suspension. It is usually a coloured syrup with a sweet taste, and is used to treat fever and pain. In 2016 it was the second biggest selling ...
The formula claimed to aid “infants afflicted with wind, watery gripes, fluxes and other disorders of the stomach and bowels”. The main active ingredient in both formulas was opium. There are stories of nurses who overdosed the babies in their care to keep them quiet and no bother, [ 1 ] and babies did die from time to time. [ 2 ]
Calpol (Parke-Davis) [ UK]. Redirects to paracetamol. Panadol (SmithKline Beecham). Redirects to paracetamol. paracetamol (INN, BAN). Tylenol . Redirects to paracetamol. (This list is an example only and may not be accurate.)
Godfrey's Cordial was a patent medicine, containing laudanum (tincture of opium) in a sweet syrup, which was commonly used as a sedative to quiet infants and children in Victorian England. [1] Used mostly by mothers working in agricultural groups or industry, [ 2 ] it ensured that she could work the maximum hours of her employment, without ...
Paracetamol, [a] or acetaminophen, [b] is a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain. [13] [14] [15] It is a widely available over-the-counter drug sold under various brand names, including Tylenol and Panadol.
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Inducing vomiting with syrup of ipecac has no role in paracetamol overdose because the vomiting it induces delays the effective administration of activated charcoal and oral acetylcysteine. [19] Liver injury is extremely rare after acute accidental ingestion in children under 6 years of age.
Moulded on the sides of this 5-inch tall glass bottle are the inscriptions MRS. WINSLOWS / SOOTHING SYRUP / CURTIS & PERKINS / PROPRIETORS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine supposedly compounded by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, and first marketed by her son-in-law Jeremiah Curtis [1] and Benjamin A. Perkins of Bangor, Maine, United States [2] in 1845. [3]