Where Can I Buy Paregoric
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Have always had this in the med cabinet for occasional stomach cramps. Am finally running low. I'm 67 years old. Suggestions?

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I thought Lomotil was supposed to be really good at controlling diarrhea but I had food poisoning once and lomotil didn't do a thing. I don't know what else you cdan do except to try to phone a doctor to see what takes paregoric's place. I feel sorry for your problem, really. We all have to suffer because of people abusing things, sadly.

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So truth I also has IBS when Lomotol dont work then Im force to use Paregoric but now with so hard to find forced to stay in home when I get flare up please help us put this back on market so some of us can live a normal life people will abuse any drug so dont let us suffer because of them we need something else if they arent going to put back on market

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It is no longer available in the US either as of months ago I'm told by my pharmacist.

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Think you need a doctor's Rx now-you won't be buying that over the counter anymore. How long have you had that bottle, anyway? I'm 63 and I know they stopped selling paregoric OTC in the 60s. I am wondering now since it is an opiate how many people were hooked on it and that is why they yanked it off the shelves.

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Lance, under U.S. FDA guidelines, proper disposal methods advise you to mix it into some undesirable substance, such as kitty litter, or to add dish soap or detergent to it, to thin it out and make it worthless.

Your other alternative is to take it to a local pharmacy and they will gladly dispose of it for you.

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Paregoric&ad=true

Has anyone consulted with their doctor to try and find an alternative?

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I will take some. It relaxes the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestine and is a great remedy when you have a serious attack of IBS. In the fifties when I was a boy, my grandfather who was a doctor, gave it to me for severe stamach cramps. It worked really well. He was an exceptional doctor even for his time. He had two Presedential citations for his contribution to medicine. Too bad it has been abused and that it has been discontinued; because for some it is the only thing that works.

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I found a gallon of Paregoric USP Tincture Opium Camphorated. We cleaned out a house for a woman whose husband died and he owned a drug store. How do I dispose of it?

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I too are trying to figure out what they are doing with Paragoric. I have had a prescription for about 1 year. I used it if Lomotil did not work for IBS. Around December 2010 they pulled it from the market. The pharmacies didn't even know why. I didn't like taken it, but sometimes that was the only thing that would stop my IBS . they need to put it back for those who really need it. Every drug out there some druggy is going to find a way to abuse it. That is not fair to the ones who need it.

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We've had many questions about this product recently and I can only inform you that it has been discontinued.

The main problem with it is that it contained a tincture of Opium, which lead to severe abuse and addiction in some people. These dangers led to it being pulled from the market.


From what I understand, it is now only available by prescription, in the U.S.

You can read more here:

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Paregoric&ad=true


You may want to ask your doctor or pharmacist for a product that can help with stomach cramping. Proper treatment requires discovering what is causing the cramping.

Are there any other comments or questions?

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