1. If he had the GIs, I dispensed bismuth and paregoric . 2. Paregoric was used in various formulations for hundreds of years.3. Paregoric is currently listed in the United States Pharmacopeia.4. The children were drugged with paregoric to keep them quiet while slave patrols rode by. 5. Camphor is a component of paregoric , an opium / camphor tincture from the 18th century. 6. In Eastern culture, opium is more commonly used in the form of paregoric to treat diarrhea. 7. The current formula for Paregoric , U . S . P . should not be assumed to be universal. 8. Paregoric was classified as an " Exempt Narcotic, " as were other medical products containing small amounts of opium or their derivatives.9. However, Paregoric was characterized as " a needlessly complex pharmacopeial mixture . . . of a former day " by a 1966 study. 10. In France, paregoric was available without prescription until 1986; nowadays, it is used to wean infants born to opiate-addicted women.
