Talk:Carter's Little Liver Pills

While I appreciate the entry, leaving a blank spot in a saying that was popular before I was born is not useful. If it's "shit" (because of the bisacodyl) put "shit" (or whatever the appropriate word is) in the entry so that it makes sense to more people.66.135.89.24 (talk) 21:20, 4 July 2015 (UTC) The blank is the correct "word" because various words were (are) used in that place, i.e. brains, money, houses, or anything else as the situation warrants24.167.210.37 (talk) 12:52, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Is the date given, 1951, for the name change accurate? I was born in 1949 and I still think of the product as having the word "liver" in the name because that's how I always heard it as a child. Of course, it might just be from having my parents using the name. JDZeff (talk) 01:24, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I heard them, in TV commercials, called "Carter's Little Liver Pills" at least until the mid-60's. There's a youTube video from 1961 showing that full phrase. Google:
 * Carters 'Little Liver Pills' 1961 TV commercial
 * By 1975, "Liver" is gone, another ad video. JohndanR (talk) 00:56, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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Original ingredients
An old issue of Advertising Age reports the original ingredients were 16 mg of aloe and 4 mg of podophyllum resin. Who would like to find a better source and augment the article? What is the effect of aloe and podophyllum? Did any competitive products use the same formulation? Snezzy (talk) 11:31, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

what was changed?
This sentence is awkward and puzzling:


 * The active ingredient was changed when it was renamed in 1959 to be the laxative bisacodyl.

It seems to suggest that the change to bisacodyl was a consequence of the renaming of "it". Does "it" mean the pill? Or was bisacodyl adopted in 1959 as a new name for the same ingredient? —Tamfang (talk) 05:06, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Did these pills work, or was it pseudoscience?
Equinox ◑ 20:10, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

American Crow or Cape Crow?
The pills' inventor came from Erie Pennsylvania, so judging from the picture in the ad, and finding no evidence to the contrary, I changed the species of crow from Cape crow to the common American crow.CharlesHBennett (talk) 11:28, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Years in production
Article needs further detail. If these are available today, or if these are discontinued, it should be noted. 2600:1000:B16B:9D3D:1DE0:5164:43FB:31A6 (talk) 03:01, 2 July 2022 (UTC)