Vintage Drug Ads

[Glycerin]

I love these! They're from the 1950s.

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Members don't see this ad.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

That Thorazine one is hilarious.

 

[Glycerin]

 

[Glycerin]

That Thorazine one is hilarious.

Heh, isn't it? 🙂

 

[pharmpoke]

where did you find those?

 

[Caverject]

I love these! They're from the 1950s.

Take your Mornidine so you can start cooking my breakfast again, woman.

 

[Glycerin]

Take your Mornidine so you can start cooking my breakfast again, woman.

Take your Thorazine so you'll no longer be a dirty tyrant, fool!

 

[Glycerin]

where did you find those?

http://www.livejournal.com/community/vintage_ads/

 

[pharmaz88]

LOL... those are awesome; thanks for posting!

 

[DownonthePharm]

Those are hilarious. Actually just about all the ads from that era are.

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Oh this poor child! Look at the eyes, the eyes!

 

[crossjb]

We owe a pharmacist, James Vernor, for our nation's oldest soda:

 

[vafcarrot]

where are all these drugs now? The only tow that I've seen around are phenobarbital and that sleep aid drug. Have they all been replaced by better things?

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Most of them have faded into antiquity. Other than the ones you mentioned, Thorazine and Bentyl are still used, too.

 

[Glycerin]

Thorazine and Bentyl are still used, too.

Yeah, C-ject is responsible for keeping Thorazine alive.

 

[Glycerin]

 

[fairyofsong]

Enjoyed this post--really makes you think and puts you back into the time period of "unregulated" drugs! Scary world!

 

[usi]

Some are funny, some right down creepy!
I thought I share these with yall...
http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/88173.html
If you have seen them before...sorry.

 

[twester]

Very interesting. Did they really give kids Nembutal suppositories?

And is "Functional GI Spasm" 1940-speak for irritable bowel syndrome? Thank heavens we have Zelnorm for that now. We've made so much progress. LOL

 

[dgroulx]

Some are funny, some right down creepy!
I thought I share these with yall...
http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/88173.html
If you have seen them before...sorry.

These are great!

I miss Quaaludes. 🙁

 

[ndearwater]

OMG... Morinidine is the best! What will we do if our pregnant women can't cook us some breakfast!

 

[pharmforme]

Some are funny, some right down creepy!
I thought I share these with yall...
http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/88173.html
If you have seen them before...sorry.

OMG these are hysterical...and scary 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to share!

 

[Glycerin]

Merging with an old thread of mine with the same title... 😉