Maximum Strength Anacin-3 with Protective Coating TV Commercial – “Take 3, Anacin-3” – Mar 1986

Maximum Strength Anacin-3 with Protective Coating TV Commercial – Take 3, Anacin-3

Anacin is an American brand of analgesic that is manufactured by Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Anacin’s active ingredients are aspirin and caffeine.

Anacin was invented by William Milton Knight and was first to be used c. 1916 as stated in the patent. Trademarked in 1918, Anacin is one of the oldest brands of pain relievers in the United States. It originally contained acetophenetidin (phenacetin) and was promoted as “aspirin-free relief,” but was reformulated in the 1980s following the FDA’s ruling to withdraw phenacetin from the market in 1983 due to concerns over its carcinogenic properties.’

It was originally sold by the Anacin Co. (“Pharmaceutical Chemists”) in Chicago, Illinois. American Home Products, now known as Wyeth, purchased the manufacturing rights in 1930. Anacin was reportedly their most popular product. Insight Pharmaceuticals acquired the brand in 2003.[citation needed] In 2014, Prestige Consumer Healthcare signed an agreement with Insight to acquire the company; it was Prestige’s largest acquisition to that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacin

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