Word: abstinyl
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...newspapers, Finland was considering restrictions on the sale of Antabus, which is sold over the druggist's counter, originally as a remedy for intestinal worms and the itch (scabies). Since its anti-alcoholism qualities were discovered, Sweden has required a doctor's prescription for its Swedish equivalent, Abstinyl, to discourage dangerous experimenting by pranksters and well-meaning wives. Dr. Stig Hammergen has warned the Stockholm Woman's Medical Society that a mixture of Abstinyl and alcohol can kill people with weak hearts...
...first time in years, Swedish homes for alcoholics this year granted a week-long Christmas furlough for some inmates. They were packed off with Abstinyl tablets in their pockets for self-treatment. Dosage must be carefully regulated by a doctor; the amount needed varies with the patient. Sweden's Temperance Control Department reports best results from doses averaging four half-gram tablets the first day, two the next two days, one tablet a day until all desire for alcohol is lost...
Neither Antabus nor Abstinyl is yet on sale in the U.S.; both may be soon. A salesman for Antabus is expected this month, for Abstinyl "as soon as home-market needs are satisfied, probably in two months." Once the drugs arrive, the U.S. will have to tackle regulation; drinkers with officious wives and jokester friends could pray that the rules will be tight...
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