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Guy on the top would not use Neuralgine. (1901) (media.piefed.ca)

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Other image here from the US NIH history archives about the product. This one promises that Neuralgine contains no morphine, opium, or cocaine.

So what does it contain? They didn't have to tell you, back then.

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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s no official record of its composition but it was theorized to contain acetanilide, caffeine, and sodium salicylate.

Acetanilide and caffeine meant it probably did work really well, but the downsides were cancer, cyanosis, and liver and kidney damage…

As the years went on, it was believed acetanilide was metabolized into acetaminophen aka paracetamol.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Paracetamol, Caffeine, and Aspirin are the effective ingredients for a very effective headache medicine in America. Neuralgine was likely Excedrin before Bayer.