PAREGORIC

also called Camphorated Opium Tincture, narcotic preparation principally used as an antiperistaltic for the treatment of diarrhea. In early medical writings the term paregoric sometimes was used in reference to soothing medicaments in general. The preparation is made from opium tincture (laudanum) or from powdered opium and includes anisi oil, camphor, benzoic acid, glycerin, and diluted alcohol. The usual adult dose is 510 millilitres, which corresponds to 24 milligrams of anhydrous morphine.