Fletcher's Laxative

It is a product of The Mentholatum Company, Inc. On May 12, 1868, the United States Patent Office granted a patent to Dr. Samuel Pitcher (1824-1907) of Barnstable, Massachusetts, for a cathartic composed of senna, sodium bicarbonate, essence of wintergreen, dandelion, sugar and water.

In 1871, The Centaur Company was formed by Charles Henry Fletcher to purchase the rights to and manufacture Pitcher's Castoria.

At the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, there were Castoria ads on virtually every blank wall in sight.

[5] In 1984, Sterling Drug sold Fletcher's Castoria to The Mentholatum Company.

There are no known drug interactions, although as a stimulant laxative it may affect how long a medicine remains in the digestive tract.