Raudixin Pharm.
(raʊˈdɪksɪn)
[f. rauwolfia + -dixin.]
A proprietary name for a hypotensive preparation containing the dried root of Rauvolfia serpentina (rauwolfia).
| 1953 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Sept. 811/1 Raudixin... Anti⁓hypertensive agents... E. R. Squibb and Sons Limited. 1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Nov. 317/1 Mathieson Chemical Corporation, New York..Raudixin... Claims use since May 4, 1953. 1954 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 16 Oct. 736/1 About two months prior to the incident..he had received Raudixin (a whole rauwolfia root), 50 mg. twice a day. 1956 N. M. Ferguson Textbk. Pharmacognosy viii. 207 There are several proprietaries on the market which contain rauwolfia or its constituents. Chief among these are Raudixin, Rauwiloid and Serpasil. 1967 [see rauwiloid]. |