- Vicks
Vicks is a line of over-the-counter
medication s owned by the American companyProcter & Gamble . Vicks manufacturesNyQuil and its sister medication,DayQuil . The Vicks brand also produces Formula 44cough medicine s, Vicks brand cough drops, and a number of inhaled breathing treatments.VapoRub
The brand is most widely known for the signature "VapoRub"
ointment , amenthol atedtopical cream intended to assist with minor medical conditions that temporarily impair breathing, including thecommon cold . It is applied to the chest, often immediately before sleeping.VapoRub was created in the 1880s by
Lunsford Richardson , a Selma,North Carolina pharmacist, as asalve for treating colds andpneumonia . Richardson later moved toGreensboro, North Carolina and began marketing it as "Vicks VapoRub", named in honor of his brother-in-law, Dr. Joshua Vick, a Selma physician. In 1948,Edward Mabry became president of Vicks, then known as the Vicks Chemical Company. In 1985, it was sold to Procter & Gamble. VapoRub is currently manufactured and packaged inMexico andIndia .afe use of VapoRub
VapoRub can be applied to the chest or throat (for congestion relief) or to sore muscles (to increase circulation). However, because it contains
camphor —a substance that can be toxic if swallowed or absorbed into the body—VapoRub should not be applied in or near the nostrils (see [http://www.vicks.com/vaporub-cream.php manufacturer's warnings] ).Ingredients
Active Ingredients:
*Camphor 4.8% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)
*Eucalyptol 1.2% (Cough suppressant)
*Menthol 2.6% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)"'Inactive Ingredients
* Cedarleaf oil
* Nutmeg oil
* special Petrolatum
* Turpentine oilee also
*
Aromatherapy
*Essential oil
*Mentholatum
*Vicks Sinex External links
* [http://www.vicks.com Vicks brand website]
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