How To Beat An Addiction To 8-Hour Bayer

Description

Bayer AG was founded in Barmen (today a part of Wuppertal), Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner, Johann Friedrich Weskott.

Bayer's first major product was acetylsalicylic acid (originally discovered by French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853), a modification of salicylic acid or salicin, a folk remedy found in the bark of the willow plant. By 1899, Bayer's trademark Aspirin was registered worldwide for Bayer's brand of acetylsalicylic acid, but because of the confiscation of Bayer's US assets and trademarks during World War I by the United States - and the subsequent widespread usage of the word to describe all brands of the compound, "Aspirin" lost its trademark status in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. It is now widely used in the US, UK, and France for all brands of the drug. However in over 80 other countries, such as Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Switzerland, it is still a registered trademark of Bayer.

In 1904, the Bayer company introduced the Bayer cross as its corporate logo. Because Bayer's aspirin was sold through pharmacists and doctors only, and the company could not put its own packaging on the drug, the Bayer cross was imprinted on the actual tablets, so that customers would associate Bayer with its aspirin.

As part of the reparations after World War I, Bayer had its assets, including the rights to its name and trademarks, confiscated in the United States, Canada, and several other countries. In the United States and Canada, Bayer's assets and trademarks were acquired by Sterling Drug, a predecessor of Sterling Winthrop.

In 1978, Bayer purchased Miles Laboratories and its subsidiaries Miles Canada and Cutter Laboratories (along with a product line including Alka-Seltzer, Flintstones Vitamins and One-A-Day Vitamins, and Cutter insect repellent). In 1994, Bayer AG purchased Sterling Winthrop's over the counter drug business from SmithKline Beecham and merged it with Miles Laboratories, thereby reacquiring the U.S. and Canadian trademark rights to "Bayer" and the Bayer cross, as well as the ownership of the Aspirin trademark in Canada.

Bayer has discovered, among others:

* Aspirin - a analgesic, anti-fever, and anti-coagulent medicine, arguably the most commercially successful drug ever
* Heroin (diacetylmorphine) - an addictive drug, originally sold as a cough treatment. Heroin was a Bayer trademark, until World War I
* Methadone
* Prontosil as the first sulfonamide
* Mustard gas - a blister-causing chemical weapon
* Tabun - a nerve agent
* Ciprofloxacin - an antibiotic used to treat anthrax and urinary tract infections.
* Levitra - a treatment for Erectile Dysfunction
* Polyurethane - a very versatile polymer for a wide variety of applications
* Polycarbonate - the material of the CD, Lego etc. (Makrolon)
* Suramin
* Parathion and
* Propoxur, two important insecticides

Tags (3)

• aspirin,
• genuine,
• bayer

Active Ingredients (1)

• Aspirin

Forms of Administration (1)

• Tablet, Extended Release; Oral

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Associated Medical Drugs (0)

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