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Originally Posted by Vernster
I remember when I was about 6 years old going to the "drug store" to buy Paragoric for my mom. The pharmacist would bottle it in a small brown glass bottle sealed with a cork. Paragoric ( or tincture of Opium )was sold over the counter for years then with only signature and lastly by prescription only. A few years ago the FDA took it off the market altogether. What were they thinking? It was a good and necessary medication for many people. Myself included.
Neither Paragoric nor Quinine is available anywhere in North America.
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I best remember it for rubbing a small quantity put on our finger to the baby's gums to give them relieve of teething pains.