Brand names
The combination was first introduced as the name Trigesic, as the formula of 125 mg paracetamol, 230 mg aspirin, and 30 mg caffeine, in July 1950 by Squibb, which is now Bristol Myers Squibb, but was recalled in the following year due to several reports that the drug might cause blood dyscrasia.[6] In 1965 it was marketed under the trade name Vanquish by Sterling Drug,[7] which after a series of mergers and acquisitions became a unit of Bayer AG.[8]
In the UK it is sold as Anadin Extra. In the US, it is the brand Excedrin's flagship product. In Germany, it is sold as Dolomo, Dolopyrin AL, HA-Tabletten, Melabon K, Neuralgin, ratiopyrin, Thomapyrin Classic, Thomapyrin Intensiv,[9] in Austria as Thomapyrin, and InfluASS, in Israel as Acamol Focus, Paramol Target and Exidol, in Romania as Antinevralgic P [10] and Antinevralgic Forte,[11] and in Russia, Belarus and Eastern Europe as Citramon.[12]
In South Africa and neighbouring countries, it is known as Grand-Pa, and is most commonly sold as a powder.
