“... where Turpentine, Carbolic Acid or Iodine or even Pepsin is indicated, that it will give satisfaction in each and every case.”
Iodinized Emulsion (Scott) is not a “pharmaceutical triumph”; it is an irrational mixture—a reminder of a decadent polypharmacy—sold under misleading and unwarranted claims. It is inadmissible to New and Nonofficial Remedies for conflict with Rules 1, 6, 8 and 10.
Creosotonic (Scott)
Creosotonic (Scott), advertised as a “reconstructive tonic” for the tuberculous, according to the label, contains in each fluidram:
“Alcohol, m. 21⁄2; Creosote and Guaiacol sulphonates of each, gr. 1; Compound Hypophosphites, gr. 1 (including Quinine Hypophosphites, gr. 1⁄36 and Strychnine Hypophosphites, gr. 1⁄256), with Iodinized Emulsion (Scott) m. 30.”
As in the case of Iodinized Emulsion (Scott), the advertising makes exaggerated therapeutic claims for the individual constituents of the preparation and for the heterogeneous mixture of guaiacol and creosote sulphonates, hypophosphites, quinin, strychnin, turpentine, phenol, iodin, “lactated pepsin,” etc. Thus, while it is well established that in guaiacol sulphonate and creosote sulphonate the phenolic constituent is bound so firmly that, when administered, but very little is split off in the organism, yet the advertising claims “that the system can be saturated in a shorter time and with smaller doses of creosote and guaiacol sulphonates than with any other form of these drugs” and that (on the false premise that the guaiacol and creosote from these drugs will permeate the tissues of the lungs) “they help to clear up the local infection and thus aid in returning to normal the diseased mucous membrane.”
In the advertising pamphlet, following a discussion of the effect of climate and food in the treatment of the tuberculous, we read:
“While admitting the great importance of the foregoing points, we are firmly of the opinion that proper medication is a great aid in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, and, with this in view, we offer to the profession Creosotonic (Scott) believing that in it we have a superior preparation for this purpose.”
This is unwarranted. Of course suitable medication to meet special conditions is proper in the treatment of tuberculosis, but the routine administration of a complex and irrational mixture such as Creosotonic (Scott) is bound to cause inattention to the prime requisites for the proper treatment of the tuberculous—hygienic surroundings and good food.
Creosotonic (Scott) is an irrational mixture, sold under misleading and unwarranted claims. It is inadmissible to New and Nonofficial Remedies for conflict with Rules 1, 6, 8 and 10.—(From The Journal A. M. A., Aug. 24, 1918.)