From 1898 through to 1910, heroin was marketed as a cough suppressant by trusted companies like Bayer -- alongside the company's other new product, Aspirin.
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In 1895, the German drug company Bayer marketed diacetylmorphine as an over-the-counter drug under the trademark name Heroin.[56] The name was derived from the Greek word "Heros" because of its perceived "heroic" effects upon a user.[56] It was developed chiefly as amorphine substitute for cough suppressants that did not have morphine's addictive side-effects. Morphine at the time was a popular recreational drug, and Bayer wished to find a similar but non-addictive substitute to market. However, contrary to Bayer's advertising as a "non-addictive morphine substitute," heroin would soon have one of the highest rates of dependence among its users.[57]
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Jan 26 by VishwamitrWow! Look at that. Coca Cola used to have cocaine in its formula and hence the name Coke.joanna73 likes this.
Jan 26 by RNfasterHeroin also goes by diamorphine in the U.K. where it is used to alleviate severe pain as well as for addicts.
Jan 27 by LadyFree28Quote from thelema13^^^Yup...rather be a dilaudid supplier...How scary if pts switched to asking for diamorphine instead of dilaudid.
