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Ibuprofen/paracetamol, sold under the brand name Combogesic among others, is a fixed-dose combination of two medications, ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID); and paracetamol (acetaminophen), an analgesic and antipyretic. [6] It is available as a generic medication. [9] [10] [11]
Ibuprofen, an analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), [1] is sold under many brand-names around the world. The most common are Brufen (its earliest registered trademark), Advil, Motrin, and Nurofen .
The Calpol brand name is likely a combination of 'Calmic' and 'paracetamol'. [6] Calmic was acquired by Wellcome (today GlaxoSmithKline) in 1966, and Calpol became one of Wellcome's best-selling UK products in the 1980s. [6] The brand was later owned by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2006. [7]
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Ibuprofen is the International nonproprietary name (INN), British Approved Name (BAN), Australian Approved Name (AAN) and United States Adopted Name (USAN). In the United States, it has been sold under the brand-names Motrin and Advil since 1974 [81] and 1984, [82] respectively. Ibuprofen is commonly available in the United States up to the FDA ...
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The brand first entered the American market in 1984 through Whitehall [3] (itself a division of Wyeth, which was purchased by Pfizer in 2009), [4] the same year ibuprofen gained Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for over-the-counter (OTC) sales in the United States (being available via prescription since 1974). [5]