Compound analgesic

A compound analgesic is an analgesic with more than one active ingredient. This includes many of the stronger prescription analgesics.

Common active ingredients used in compound analgesics include:

• aspirin
• paracetemol (acetaminophen)
• codeine or oxycodone
• phenacetin

Once readily available over the counter and in supermarkets, compound analgesics became associated with substance abuse and are now more restricted in many countries. As a result, some once famous brands such as APC and Bex have either disappeared, or have become brands of simple analgesics.

Bex was an Australian cultural icon, and contained 42% aspirin, 42% phenacetin and caffeine ^[1].

Anacin formerly contained aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine but the phenacetin has been removed.

References

1. ^ Powerhouse Museum. "Packet of Bex Powders". Powerhouse Museum, Australia. http://from.ph/340661. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 

External links

• APC definition and brief history.
• Bex packaging history at the Powerhouse Museum website.

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