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August 23, 2019
BehindTheMedspeak: 7 Up contained lithium from its inception in 1929 until 1948
Who knew?
From Wikipedia:
The product, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948.
It was one of a number of patent medicine products popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
Its name was later shortened to "7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda" before being further shortened to just "7 Up" by 1936.
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