Bayer was the originator and first marketer of aspirin (1899), a year after they were the first company to mass-produce heroin for use in pain and cough medications (1898).
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My moms she is almost 90 is from North Dakota said when she was small her mom used to give her opium pods from poppies to suck on it was something Indians in the area did for their kids made the quiet and the slept sorta like a herion pacifier.
Don't forget how effective opiates and opioids are at controlling diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues. At the time, dysentery or cholera could easily kill both infants and adults due to extreme water and electrolyte loss, and opiate-induced peristaltic paralysis likely saved many more young lives than the use of such potent drugs took away.
I think it said opium though. I used to use it to soak a tooth in it
because of a tooth ache. Bottle didn't last long though
& the Pharmacy couldn't supply more , so I ended up getting it Pulled.
Stuff was mainly for Children though according to what i can find online