In our younger days I remember SALICYLATE MIXTURE was used to treat fever and cold. May be some more ingredients were mixed with standard SODIUM SALICYLATE MIXTURE. I think so because depending on the type of illness my father, who was a doctor, used to write a long prescription for the pharmacologist who was responsible for preparing the medicine. With two or three dosages we were cured. However we had to take the medicine few more times to complete the treatment. Now, I don’t find any doctor, who prescribes such medicine, mostly they prefer antibiotics. What are the reasons?
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Acid salicylic and salicylate have a very bitter taste and are vomiting substances. Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid was first synthetized in1853 by acetylation of sodium salicylate but it was only studied in 1897 as a less irritating alternative for salicylate medicines.
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Salicylates are chemicals that occur naturally in many plants; they’re a kind of natural pesticide. These are just one group of the hundreds of compounds in foods that can have varying effects on humans, depending on consumption and sensitivity. Research shows that about 20% of adults with asthma, 60% with of people with food-induced itchy rashes, headaches or migraines, 70% of people with irritable bowel symptoms and 75% of children with behaviour problems may be sensitive to salicylates. Most people with salicylate intolerance have no idea what could be affecting them. Reactions are related to dose and salicylate sensitivity varies; some improve just by cutting down, some people have to avoid high doses or overdose of salicylates.
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