The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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There is practically no reference to this drug in reliable medical
literature, and as there is no evidence worthy of credence to support
the claims made for it, the drug was not considered deserving of a
place in the Pharmacopeia. Hence, it may be regarded as a drug not
worthy of attention of physicians.--(_From The Journal A. M. A., Nov.
27, 1909._)
FORMUROL
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Formurol, Citrocoll and Aspirophen were submitted to the Council by the
Cellarius Company of San Francisco. The manufacturers having failed
to substantiate the claims they make for these products, the Council
has voted that the preparations be refused recognition. The Council
also authorized the publication of the following report, which deals
particularly with one of the preparations--Formurol.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
Formurol is the product of the Chemische Fabrik Falkenberg,
Falkenberg-Gruenau, near Berlin, Germany. The Cellarius Company,
San Francisco, acting as selling agents for the United States,
submitted Formurol (along with Aspirophen and Citrocoll, also made
by the same firm) to the Council, with the statement that it is
“hexamethylentetraminsodium-citrate,” and that it has the following
composition: “C_{6}H_{7}O_{7}Na.C_{6}H_{12}N_{4}.”
Zernik,[46] who examined these products, reported that Aspirophen,
Citrocoll and Formurol do not have the composition that is claimed for
them by the Fabrik Falkenberg. Formurol, he states, is not a definite
chemical compound, but a mixture of hexamethylenamin and sodium
citrate. The agents were advised of this fact by the Council and were
asked to submit evidence to substantiate their claims. No such evidence
was submitted.
[46] Zernik: Arb. a. d. Pharmazeut. Inst. d. Univ. Berlin, 1907, iv, 46.
Since a compound having the composition that is claimed for Formurol
is theoretically possible, the Council requested that the product be
examined in the Association Laboratory to determine whether it still
was the simple mixture reported by Zernik, or whether, perhaps, it now
possessed the formula claimed for it. The following report was made by
the Association chemists:
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