The drug Calgluquine® was used as an analgesic agent to treat flu-like conditions. Two pharmaceuticals forms were available: sugar-coated tablets and suppositories. The drugs contained 5 active ingredients: (i) quinine gluconate, (ii) paracetamol (acetaminophen), (iii) caffeine, (iv) Ca ascorbate, and (v) codein chlorhydrate. This latter compound is an opioid analgesic, used to prevent coughing. The drug was mainly used to prevent or to treat mild influenza (flu) infections. It was used notably to reduce fever and for analgesia. The drug is no longer used today. The drug advertising was intended to illustrate a winter sky, a flu sky…
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