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In reply to the discussion: Anybody remember this stuff? [View all]

Marthe48

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12. My Mom gave it to us for upset stomach
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 01:43 PM
Jun 28

I loved the flavor. Sort of candy flavored. Mom mixed a 1/2 tsp in a juice glass of water. It was effective for settling stomach upsets.

My sister worked in a drug store during high school. They had a book people had to sign to get a bottle of paregoric. At the time, she said people would come in shaking really bad, and barely able to sign the book. Sometimes the same people came in several times in a day. They stopped selling it soon after.




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Anybody remember this stuff? [View all] orangecrush Jun 27 OP
Yes, actually. My mom used it when my sisters were teething..probably on me, too. I'm gonna enjoy the music now, thanks Deuxcents Jun 27 #1
I seem to remember something about Pall Mall cigarettes orangecrush Jun 27 #2
Actually, yes. Ocelot II Jun 28 #3
Used widely for teething orangecrush Jun 28 #4
Paregoric (The Good Stuff) wyn borkins Jun 28 #5
Excellent! orangecrush Jun 28 #6
(Your) Hershey Squirts wyn borkins Jun 28 #7
May the Hershey Squirts orangecrush Jun 28 #8
ohhhh. ahhhh. AllaN01Bear Jun 28 #9
Green apple quickstep Marthe48 Jun 28 #10
si.si. AllaN01Bear Jun 28 #11
I like that one orangecrush Jun 28 #16
"galloping trots" orangecrush Jun 28 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Jun 28 #18
My Mom gave it to us for upset stomach Marthe48 Jun 28 #12
Yes orangecrush Jun 28 #15
I LOVED it! some_of_us_are_sane Jun 28 #13
Yummy orangecrush Jun 28 #14
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