Guaifenesin
Why you can't find quinine any more
October 03, 2008By David Stanley
For over 60 years, millions of people used it as an effective, cheap, and easy-to-find remedy for a nighttime charley horse. Before that, people around the world used it for hundreds of years to fight malaria. Then the Food and Drug Administration stepped in.
I'm talking about quinine--a medication that used to be for sale over the counter under such brand names as Q-vel and Legatrin in the analgesic section of every drug store in the country. Starting in 1994, sales o... Read more »
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