Pretty much all the opiods are antitussives, I think.
Yes, they are extremely effective. That’s why laudanum was such a miracle drug in the 1800s: it took care of pain, diarrhea, and cough.
It’s good skin cleanser.
Sure, but it’s toxic as hell. Just go use Hibiclens (chlorhexidine 4%)- it’s just as effective of an antiseptic, but not nearly so toxic.
But the ads tell me to buy it…
By 1900, wouldn’t an apothecary in the United States essentially be a drug-store?
And by 1900, wouldn’t most drug-stores in the United States also have soda fountains (here I’m picturing the young George Baily in Mr. Gower’s drug store from “It’s A Wonderful Life”)?
So, in that case, a real old fashioned (well, just “in-fashion” then) two-scoop ice cream soda. 
You could get a Coca-Cola with the coke still in it.
Radium Suppositories. With “health-giving electric atoms”.
I would definitely load up. Just for fun.
7-up with real lithium, because you never know.
Original Coca-cola…heh.
and definitely soothing syrup. (with morphia)
Apparently my husband and his cousins got into some ancient paregoric over the holidays when they were little and were knocked out for the whole weekend. :eek:
Also, some other things would be interesting. Like original Florida water, cosmetics in general (rouge etc.), orange bitters, tooth powders, and perfumes.
That’s basically true of all opiates. Laudanum may or may not be better at some of those things than heroin or opium, but it would be just a matter of degree. Opiates in general are almost all quite similar to each other. If you’ve ever taken 3 or 4 oxycodone at once instead of the 2 it says on the bottle, you pretty much know what heroin is like.
Anyway, in the OP’s scenario, I’d keep it simple and just load up on opiates and coke – maybe a 70/30 ratio, respectively.
You win the thread.
Cough medicine would cover a lot of the goody drugs so bottles of that. kayaker has already mentioned the best (furniture.) So, fabric. Bolts of cloth from way back then.
The use of these suppositories has an effect on the human body like recharging has on an electric battery, except batteries don’t die of leukemia after three months of jamming an intensive source of ionising radiation up their jacksy every night.
Back when we were writing “Finish the…” stories here on the Dope, in the very first one I had one villain murder another person by OD’ing him on laudanum. I wasn’t sure how much it would take, so I called my sister, the pharmacist, to ask about it. Her first response, in an odd tone, was “why do you need to know?”:eek: So I had to explain about the story.
I wouldn’t buy anything either, I’d take the $100 to a saloon. I want to know what Pabst, Miller, & AB brews tasted like back then. Bet they were at least a little different than now.
As well as being “mother’s little helper.” I was reading an article about all the middle age women on antidepressants and thinking…we just moved from laudanum to valium to prozac…
Great shit, but I don’t miss the sudden psycho turns. NPR might’ve saved my life when they ran a story long before the ban that talked about that (you mean it wasn’t just me?) and the strokes. Sudden killer strokes in healthy people. Nasty stuff.
But it tastes terrible.
Coincidentally, I have the front/back page of the 1907 Practical Druggist hanging, framed, in my bathroom. Primarily for the lower left corner’s cocaine advertisement.
Let’s say I go off the deep end and forget my addiction to opiates. I decide to mix myself a batch of laudanum. What do I need?
I ain’t really gonna do it, I promise.