Phospho-Energon

The product was said to have a "safe and rapid effect against general debility, lack of appetite, nervous tension, exhaustion, and sleeping problems".

[3] Moreover, the advertisement of Pharmacia claimed that consumption of Energon would relieve the user of fear of traffic, through the soothing of the nerves.

Moreover, the company stressed that its production was conducted under the scrutiny of professor Karl Albert Vesterberg [sv].

[5] The permits to sell four variations of the Phospho-Energon pills (with arsenic, iron and kola extracts) in Swedish pharmacies lapsed in 1943.

[6] The preparation Phospho-Energon with kola contained the following ingredients:[7] Dried cow brain; Dried kola extract; Ferrous tartrate; Calcium pantothenate; Choline; Copper sulphate; Licorice; Nicotinamide; Pyridoxine; Riboflavin; Thiamine

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Phospho-Energon-Piller , " med järn och arsenik " (with iron and arsenic), box of 300 pills, marketed by A.-B. Pharmacia