(Not Official.)

Latin, Bromum

Eng., Bromine. A heavy, dark, brownish-red liquid.

Official Bromides. General Characteristics.

Form

Colorless crystals or white granular or crystalline powders.

Odor And Taste

Odorless and having a sharp, saline, rather disagreeable taste.

Solubility

Soluble in less than 2 parts of water and usually deliquescent. Soluble in alcohol.

Incompatibles

Acids, acid salts, many metallic salts, alkaloids, chlorine water, salts of mercury, spirit of nitrous ether.

Ammonii Bromidum (Gen., Ammonii Bromidi)

Eng., Ammonium Bromide. Formula, NH4Br.

Average Dose

15 grains (1 Gm.).

Calcii Bromidum (Gen., Calcii Bromidi)

Eng., Calcium Bromide. Formula, CaBr2.

Average Dose

15 grains (1 Gm.).

Lithii Bromidum (Gen., Lithii Bromidi)

Eng., Lithium Bromide. Formula, LiBr.

Average Dose

15 grains (1 Gm.).

Potassii Bromidum (Gen., Potassii Bromidi)

Eng., Potassium Bromide. Formula, KBr.

Sodii Bromidum (Gen., Sodii Bromidi)

Eng., Sodium Bromide. Formula, NaBr.

Average Dose

15 grains (1 Gm.).

Strontii Bromidum (Gen., Strontii Bromidi)

Eng., Strontium Bromide. Formula, SrBr2.

Average Dose

15 grains (1 Gm.).

Acidum Hydrobromicum Dilutum. (Gen. Acidi Hydro-Bromici Diluti)

Eng., Diluted Hydrobromic Acid. An aqueous solution containing about 10 per cent. of HBr.

Average Dose

15 minims (1 mil).

Therapeutic Action

Sedative, hypnotic, anodyne, antispasmodic.

Uses

To relieve pain or produce quiet or sleep in headache, nervousness, hysteria, epilepsy, alcoholism, tetanus, rabies, strychnine poisoning, eclampsia and kindred conditions.

Administration

It will be noted that the bromides are all white or nearly white salts freely soluble in water, forming clear, colorless solutions. Most of them will become moist on exposure to air, so should not be dispensed in powder. The taste of the salts is usually sharp, so they should be well diluted. When diluted the taste is not very disagreeable. They are best prescribed in solution in such vehicles as water, peppermint water, aromatic elixir, etc.

Potassium Bromide is the most largely used, but is not necessarily the most desirable.

The bromides may be administered by mouth or rectum.

A bromide may be ordered alone, as:

Bromum Bromine 425

or

Sodii Bromidi...........

3ij

8

Elix. Aromatici.............

q. s.Bromum Bromine 426

30

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful in water every three hours when .needed.

As a hypnotic, sedative, etc., they are often combined with other agents, as:

Bromum Bromine 427

or

Chlorali Hydrati ............

3j

4

Sodii Bromidi..............

3ij

8

Tinct. Hyoscyami...............

f3ss

2

Aquae Menth. Pip.................

q. s.Bromum Bromine 428

30

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful in water every four hours when necessary.

Or:

Bromum Bromine 429

or

Codeinae Phos:............

gr. iv

26

Chlorali Hydrati..............

3j

4

00

Potassii Bromidi...........

3ij

8

00

Aquae Chloroformi.............

q. s.Bromum Bromine 430

30

00

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful in water every four hours until relieved.

Bromides are often prescribed as:

Bromum Bromine 431

or

Ammon. Bromidi.............

gr. xx

1

3

Sodii Bromidi...............

gr. xxx

2

0

Strontii Bromidi.................

gr. xxx

2

0

Potassii Bromidi................

gr. xl

2

5

Syr. Aurantii................

q. s.Bromum Bromine 432

30

0

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful in water every three hours when necessary.

In the treatment of convulsions:

Bromum Bromine 433

or

Chlorali Hydrati................

gr.viij

5

Sodii Bromidi...............

gr.xvj

1

0

Syrupi Aurantii...................

q.s Bromum Bromine 434

60

0

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful. Repeat in one hour if necessary. (For child 2 years old.)

In the treatment of acute laryngitis:

Bromum Bromine 435

or

Chlorali Hydrati...................

gr. lxxv

5

Ammonii Bromidi..................

gr. lxxv

2

Potassii Bromidi..................

gr. xlv

3

Aquae Cinnamomi..................

q. s.Bromum Bromine 436

60

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful in water every twenty minutes till improvement takes place.

In the treatment of headache following a debauch:

Bromum Bromine 437

or

Ammonii Bromidi...............

f3iij

12

Spir. Ammoniae Arom..................

f3iv

15

Elix. Aromatici................

q. s.Bromum Bromine 438

90

M.

Sig

Two (2) teaspoonfuls in water every two hours till relieved.

In the treatment of gonorrhea:

Bromum Bromine 439

or

Acidi Borici,

Sodii Bromidi............

āā. gr. clx

10

Tinct. Belladon. Fol..............

f3j

4

Liq. Potas. Citratis ....................

q.s. Bromum Bromine 440

240

M.

Sig

Tablespoonful in water four times daily.

Or:

Bromum Bromine 441

or

Tinct Veratri.........

Bromum Bromine 442 viij

5

Potassii Bromidi,

Sodii Bicarb...........

āā. gr. clx

10

0

Liq. Potas. Citratis.............

.q. s.Bromum Bromine 443

240

0

M.

Sig

Tablespoonful in water every two hours.

1 Rubrah: Diseases of Children.

2 Musser and Kelly: Practical Treatment. 3 Ibid.

4 White and Martin: Genito-urinary and Venereal Diseases.

5 lbid.

In the treatment of spasmodic croup:

Bromum Bromine 444 .

or

Ammonii Bromidi..............

3ss

2

Tinct. Opii Camph...............

f3ss

2

Tinct. Belladon. Fol.................

Bromum Bromine 445 xv

1

Syr. Tolutani..............

Bromum Bromine 446

30

Aquae..............

q.s.Bromum Bromine 447

60

M.

Sig

Teaspoonful every hour till relieved. (For child 2 years old.)

Bromides are frequently used by enema, as in strychnine poisoning, convulsions, etc.:

Bromum Bromine 448

or

Chlorali Hydrati..........

3j

4

Sodii Bromidi..............

3ij

8

Aquae.................

q.s.Bromum Bromine 449

60

M.

Sig

Use tablespoonful to cup of warm water as enema.