July 08, 2008
Eli Lilly: From Pot To Prozac And Zyprexa
I've been doing some reading lately about the history of pharmacology in the US and ran into an interesting bit of history. Eli Lilly once made a tincture of cannabis--used for treating muscle spasms and aches and pains back before marijuana was declared illegal--and so did many other companies. For fun, here's a pictoral history of where Eli Lilly has gone in the last 100 years or so in treating depression, psychosis and the aches and pains of life. With the exception of the tincture, all of these products carry black box warnings and have been connected with suicides and other problems.
It's fascinating to me how the pharmaceutical industry has changed over the years.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at July 8, 2008 12:01 AM
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You might be interested in this one too from 1901-
Bayer "Heroin Hydrochloride"
http://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org/mediac/400_0/media/bayerheroin.jpg
Sara XXX
It's hilarious that the most effective stuff they ever developed was completely natural, safe, and fun to use! It was probably pretty cheap, too.
for a whole bunch of vintage pharmaceuticals go to this link...click on the pictures to get a full view
http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/medshow/remedies.html
Sid the first one had a patent?
:o)
Pharma should do all of us a huge favor and go back to the original.
