Medical drugs

  • 2800 BCE

    2800 B.C.

    2800 B.C.
    The use of weed was recorded up to the earliest time of 2800 BC in central Asia or western China because of its healing properties.
  • 2100 BCE

    2100 BC

    2100 BC
    The earliest record of medicinal herbs recorded on an ancient slab from the Sumerians. The Egyptians also had early records but with how to use opium for medicinal purposes.
  • Morphine 1803

    Morphine 1803
    Morphine was discovered after Friedrich Sertuener found a crystalline substance from opium in a test tube and testing it.
  • aspirin 1897

    aspirin 1897
    Aspirin was made around 1897 by Felix Hoffmann as a medicine "devoid of sodium salicylate."
  • Pepto-bismol 1900-1919

    Pepto-bismol   1900-1919
    Pepto-Bismol was first sold in 1900 or 1901 by a doctor in New York. It was originally sold as a remedy for infant diarrhea by Norwich Pharmacal Company under the name "Bismosal: Mixture Cholera Infantum". It was renamed Pepto-Bismol in 1919.
  • penicillin 1928

    penicillin 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 to deal with bacterial infection.
  • Testosterone 1935

    Testosterone 1935
    testosterone was first gathered from bulls in 1935 but soon they learned how to synthesize it.
  • 1949, steroids

    1949, steroids
    in 1949 Corticosteroids found use in clinical practice for the treatment of arthritis.
  • birth control pills 1950-1953

    birth control pills 1950-1953
    Birth control pills were created around 1950-1953 as a more safer alternative to getting rid of unwanted pregnancies.
  • Tylenol 1955

    Tylenol 1955
    Tylenol was introduced in 1955 as a way to relieve pain and fevers.
  • 1961 Ibuprofen

    1961 Ibuprofen
    Ibuprofen was created around 1961 as a alternative to aspirin.
  • Medical weed 2020

    Medical weed 2020
    weed has begun to come back legally around 2020 for medical reasons.