Are you old enough?
To remember Carters Little Liver Pills? Considering how much I dislike liver, it’s a good thing they weren’t big liver pills. How about Doan’s back pain relief pills? Good old Doan, run out of business by Zantac. When I grew up it was a choice between Speedy Alka-Seltzer and Bayer Aspirin. The new kid on the block in those days was something called Bufferin. As if that weren’t enough to deal with we suddenly found out our headaches could be Excedrin headaches. Then an avalanche began to rumble... Sign in to see full entry.