Sweet Tablets of Ipecac and Opium (Dover's Powder).

0.03 Gm. (gr. 1/2).

Caution:—Owing to the toxicity of opium, only a small number should be ordered at one time.

Powdered ipecac0.30 Gm.
Deodorized opium0.30 Gm.
Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% 2.00 Cc.
Sodium bicarbonate2.00 Gm.
Cinnamon cacao sugar27.40 Gm.

Mix the ipecac with the opium and the alcoholic solution of saccharin (in a warm mortar if in a hurry) and permit the alcohol to evaporate; then add the other ingredients, triturate thoroughly; and compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.

Note:—If any difficulty is experienced in the compression of these tablets, the addition of a little shaved paraffin will probably remedy it.