Talk:Laudanum

message: "A brief uptick in the use of laudanum occurred in the middle of the previous decade..."
Which decade would that be? While this comment may have been appropriate and accurate at the unspecified time of writing, it will become increasingly misleading as time goes by. Dawright12 (talk) 13:15, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pain

message: Jul. 26th, 2008
Is this an error or am I reading it wrong? In the "Confusiong with peragoric" it says...
"Several infants have died of morphine overdose where a pharmacist has interpreted DTO to mean deodorized tincture of opium instead of diluted tincture of opium."
Doesn't that mean the pharmacist thought it was morphine, but it was really paragoric? Shouldn't be be reversed since paragoric (diluted tincture) is the weaker one?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.130.206.234 (talk) 07:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Doesn't this sound absurd to you. I mean, are there any other kinds of tinctures? --MikaelRo 22:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Alcohol is the only type of solvent used in a "tincture" according to [this reference].  On the other hand, most readers won't be familiar with this, so I suppose it does no harm to be specific that this is an alcohol tincture. Richard W.M. Jones 20:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  alcoholic tincture? 

message: Quoth the article:
: There were also political figures (Wilberforce, [..]) who used the drug.
According to Dumas Malone, Italic textThe Sage, vol. 6 (1981), p. 470, Thomas Jefferson used Laudanum at the end of his life.
Wilberforce links to a dab article.  Is this the famous anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce? There is no reference in that article about him being addicted to opium/laudanum however. Richard W.M. Jones 20:25, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trying to dab [[Wilberforce]] 

message: I have a decent stack of books here on laudanum, opium and morphine, and I can probably find any needed references in them.  Regarding the "citation needed" in the list of users under History - does the article need citations for each name?  If I get ambitious, I might expand that section.  BankyEdwards 18:34, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a question. I've never read anything about Shelley using laudanum. Can this be backed up? Also, I wasn't aware Keats ever used it. I'd like these two in particular to have citations, if true.64.194.27.58 06:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questions re: citations 

message: This article states that in Anne Rice's book (and the subsequent movie) "Interview with a Vampire" Claudia uses a mixture of Laudanum and Absinthe on the two boys. Claudia states it is Brandywine but Lestat says it is Absinthe when discovering her misdoing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.251.154.24 (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Absinthe? 

message: (I cut n paste this from Reference desk, in hope it might be useful Wetman 04:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes from Clio

message: While I agree that Lewis Carroll may have taken opium, I think the present entry is phrased awkwardly.   *Mr. Carroll* had the inspiration, not the laudanum.  Who was it who made that quote about opium? that if a mutton-dealer took it, he would only dream of mutton. Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 22:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lewis Carroll 

message: see http://forum.poppies.org/index.php?showtopic=10790  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.64.172.100 (talk) 15:22, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  simplified laudanum 

message: Regular opium tincture (or tinctura opii) is made by combining ethanol (of 70%) with opium so that a liquid containing 10 milligrams of morphine per milliliter is created. Belgische Farmacopee, 5de uitgave, 1966; part 3 The maximum dosage is 1,5 to 5 grams.
Sydenham's laudanum is made by combiningBelgische Farmacopee, 5de uitgave, 1966; part 3:
* 50 parts of opiumextract
* 150 parts of saffron tincture
* 1 part of cinnamon oil
* 1 part eugenol
* 798 parts ethanol (of 60% purity)
The maximum dosage is 1,5 to 5 grams.
Benzoic laudanum is made by combining Belgische Farmacopee, 5de uitgave, 1966; part 3:
* 50 parts of opium tincture
* 5 parts of benzoic acid
* 5 parts of campher
* 2 parts of anise oil
* 940 parts of ethanol (70° pure)
The maximum dosage is 30 to 100 grams.
In addition wine of opium was moved to the opium-article as this is not laudanum, but an other extract of opium.
KVDP (talk) 07:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Preparation and maximum dosage

message: I am in contact with a professional voice actor who is trying to record a spoken version of George Washington and he wants to hear someone pronounce "Laudanum". If anyone would be willing to call him up or even leave a voice mail with the proper pronunciation, please email me and I will send you his contact info. Thanks. howcheng  {chat} 18:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation help 

message: There are two sources for Laudanum in the U.S.
Source: Wolter Kluwer's Medispan database
LABELER                        NDC           LABELNAME                 QTY AWP           EFFDATE   
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Active
EDENBRIDGE PHARMACEUTICALS     42799-0217-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $741.18       7/15/2010 
EDENBRIDGE PHARMACEUTICALS     42799-0217-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $2964.71      7/15/2010 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $556.25       10/8/2008 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $661.94       5/14/2009 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $635.46       9/26/2009 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $756.20       1/11/2010 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $2225.00      10/8/2008 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $2647.75      5/14/2009 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $2541.84      9/26/2009 
MARATHON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC   42998-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $3024.79      1/11/2010 
Inactive
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $49.29        9/3/1998  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $53.00        6/15/1999 
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $58.30        6/1/2000  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $62.69        2/11/2002 
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $66.69        2/1/2003  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $73.08        3/3/2006  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $102.45       2/6/2007  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-01 OPIUM        TIN 1%       118 $111.36       8/20/2007 
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $178.53       10/21/1998
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $191.96       6/15/1999 
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $211.16       6/1/2000  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $227.06       2/11/2002 
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $241.55       2/1/2003  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $273.08       3/3/2006  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $392.48       2/6/2007  
RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS        63304-0203-02 OPIUM        TIN 1%       473 $426.61       8/20/2007  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.29.250.122 (talk) 15:23, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manufacturers and price 

message: M.C. Beaton's "Death of a Valentine" McSweeny uses bottles of laudanum from attic to dose Hamish Macbeth. I wanted to verify shelf life or expiry, found little. US test on 40 year old unopened codeine effective http://www.pharmalot.com/2012/10/what-expiration-your-drugs-may-last-a-long-time/ Any help?? AnEyeSpy (talk) 01:45, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shelf life/ expiry 

message: I wound up on this page after reading several biographies of 19th century artists who were addicted to this drug. On other, similar (now) controlled substances, there are lists of famous people who were either addicted or died due to overuse. It would be interesting to collect a similar list for Laudanum. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 22:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Users/Abusers? 

message: The article states "Opium tincture remains in the British Pharmacopoeia, where it is referred to as Tincture of Opium, B.P., Laudanum ... ". However the supporting reference is now very old, dated 1958. 'The Extra Pharmacopeia Martindale.  Vol. 1, 24th edition.  London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1958, page 924.'  I would be grateful if someone with access to the relevant literature would check whether the statement is still true and, if so, update the citation.  Thanks in advance. Plantsurfer 11:46, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: laudanum use in Britain?

message: My memory must be playing a trick on me as regards the "Lodnum" reference in Beatrix Potter which has been removed twice (for two different reasons) and I won't restore. A caveat is: the accuracy of the scans in Project Gutenberg. I gave up on looking at it fifteen years ago as I was so sick of the multitude of bizarre typos: numbers where letters should be and so on. Maybe it was a browser problem, maybe they do better today and their texts are exact renderings of the printed sources and their proofreaders do not alter spellings or remove "inappropriate" language.truthordare (talk) 23:38, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: My mistake