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Excedrin is an over-the-counter headache pain reliever, typically in the form of tablets or caplets. It contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine, and is manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb. It's one of the top ten selling over-the-counter medicine brands^[1].

Versions

Over the years, different types of the drug were introduced^[2]:

1960 Excedrin Extra Strength, the formula changed for the last time in 1978^[3]
1969 Excedrin PM, a nighttime headache product
1998 Excedrin Migraine
2002 Excedrin QuickTabs, melt-in-your-mouth tablets
2003 Excedrin Tension Headache

Tamperings

In 1986, there were two Seattle area deaths from ingesting cyanide-laced Excedrin capsules. A highly publicized massive recall of the drug resulted. The perpetrator was discovered to be Stella Nickell, a 42-year-old woman who had killed her husband after buying him life insurance policies. She had put three other poisoned bottles back in the store to make it look like the work of a serial killer. She had been inspired by the "Tylenol scare"^[4]. Seattle author Gregg Olsen wrote about the Nickell case in his book, Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters and the Seattle Cyanide Murders.

Ownership

In 2005, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novartis announced the former will sell its North American consumer medicine business (including Excedrin, Comtrex and Keri brands) to the latter for 660 million dollars in cash, in order to focus on drugs for ten most profitable disease areas^[5].

References

^ "Novartis swallows Excedrin". Daily Mail, April 15, 2005 [6]
^ "Relief for Tension Headache Pain - Bristol-Myers Squibb Launches Excedrin(R) Tension Headache". BMS News Release, June 2003 [7]
^ "Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Injectable Acetaminophen Licencing Agreement; - Agreement Expands Existing Pain Management Portfolio". BMS News Release, January 28, 2002 [8]
^ "Tylenol Terrorist". Crime Library. [9]

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 == Tamperings ==
-In 1986, there were two [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] area deaths from ingesting [[cyanide]]-laced Excedrin capsules. A highly publicized massive recall of the drug resulted. The perpetrator was discovered to be Stella Nickell, a 42-year-old woman who had killed her husband after buying him life insurance policies. She had put three other poisoned bottles back in the store to make it look like a serial killer's job. She had been inspired by the "[[1982 Chicago Tylenol murders|Tylenol scare]]"{{ref|4}}. Seattle author Gregg Olsen wrote about the Nickell case in his book, ''Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters and the Seattle Cyanide Murders''.
+In 1986, there were two [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] area deaths from ingesting [[cyanide]]-laced Excedrin capsules. A highly publicized massive recall of the drug resulted. The perpetrator was discovered to be Stella Nickell, a 42-year-old woman who had killed her husband after buying him life insurance policies. She had put three other poisoned bottles back in the store to make it look like the work of a serial killer. She had been inspired by the "[[1982 Chicago Tylenol murders|Tylenol scare]]"{{ref|4}}. Seattle author Gregg Olsen wrote about the Nickell case in his book, ''Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters and the Seattle Cyanide Murders''.
 == Ownership ==