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Fruitatives
Combination of
Docusate	laxative
Bisacodyl	laxative
Prune	laxative
Clinical data
Trade names	Fruitatives
Routes of; administration	oral, injection
Legal status
Legal status	In general: Over-the-counter (OTC);

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Fruitatives (Fruit Liver Pills) were formulated as a patent medicine by Amos Rogers of Ottawa, Ontario, in 1903.^[1]^[2] The active ingredients is docusate. It also contains bisacodyl and prune. Currently it is manufactured and sold by Rogers Pharmaceuticals.

The tablets were manufactured in Ogdensburg, N.Y.^[3]

The tablets were mentioned in the work of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside.^[4]

Claims

Ads claimed that the tablets were "a combination of extracts of apples, oranges, prunes, figs and medicines"^[5]

References

^ United States Trademark Association (1913). Bulletin of the United States Trade-Mark Association. United States Trade Mark Association. p. 253.
^ "Canadian trade-mark data". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
^ https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031423/1923-05-10/ed-1/seq-23.pdf
^ L. M. Montgomery (17 November 2013). Delphi Complete Anne of Green Gables Books - Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 1665. ISBN 978-1-909496-12-5. I remember little Tod MacAllister over-harbour killed himself that very way, eating up a whole box of fruitatives because he thought they were candy.
^ "New! What's New in Laxatives?". The Ottawa Journal. 29 Apr 1967. p. 90. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

https://www.sdrugs.com/?c=drug&s=fruitatives&ingredient=bisacodyl/docusate%20sodium/prune
https://ceb.nlm.nih.gov/fdanj/items-by-author?author=Fruitatives+(Ltd.)%2C+Ogdensburg%2C+N.+Y
Fruitatives Ltd. v. La Compagnie Pharmaceutique de la Croix Rouge Ltee (1912) 14 Ex. C.R 30
"Fruit-a-tives ad". Manitoba Morning Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Aug 13, 1904. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Fruitatives Liver Tablet Compound • Museum of Health Care at Kingston". mhc.andornot.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[Association1913-1] United States Trademark Association (1913). Bulletin of the United States Trade-Mark Association. United States Trade Mark Association. p. 253.

[2] "Canadian trade-mark data". Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[3] ttps://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031423/1923-05-10/ed-1/seq-23.pdf

[Montgomery2013-4] L. M. Montgomery (17 November 2013). Delphi Complete Anne of Green Gables Books - Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 1665. ISBN 978-1-909496-12-5. I remember little Tod MacAllister over-harbour killed himself that very way, eating up a whole box of fruitatives because he thought they were candy.

[5] "New! What's New in Laxatives?". The Ottawa Journal. 29 Apr 1967. p. 90. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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