For weeks, I have been hearing these ads that stick in my head for Buckley's cough syrup. "It Tastes Awful, And It Works," go the radio ads, which go on about how nasty the stuff is to take or smell.

W. K. Buckley Ltd., maker of the Buckley's Mixture cough medicine the company proudly admits "tastes awful", has been sold to pharmaceutical giant Novartis, CBC Business News has learned.

Buckley’s point of differentiation is its bad taste with the slogan “It tastes awful. And it works.” The cough syrup is both sugar- and alcohol-free and includes camphor, Canadian fir balsam ...

Dextromethorphan This cough suppressant acts on the ... Americans expect that syrupy mouthfeel in their cold medicines. Sodium Saccharin In Canada, Buckley's is sweetened with cyclamates ...

the medicine's foul taste. Made from camphor, pine needle oil, menthol and Canadian fir balsam gum, Buckley's Cough Mixture has been available since 1919 in Canada, where it has become what ...

Some really crappy cough syrup is coming to the U.S. Yee-ha! A nice little mix of camphor, Canadian fir balsam gum, pine needle oil and menthol (what, no prune juice?) -- make up Buckley's ...

And the winning community will receive 600 bottles of Buckley's. People can still sample the cough syrup and get their photos taken at Goat's Hardware on Railroad Avenue in Buckley. Johnson told ...

But while Listerine's exploding mouth ads are impressive, they're nothing compared with the bad taste advertising onslaught of Buckley's cough syrup, a notoriously foul tasting brew that has ...

in a competition sponsored by the self-titled "awful tasting" Buckley's Cough and Congestion Mixtures ... He said most people thought the syrup lived up to its claim, comparing the taste to ...

The "best" cough medicine is ultimately based on the type of cough you have, as well as evaluation of possible side effects. The three main types of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines adults can use ...

Dextromethorphan is commonly used to reduce cough caused by common cold or inhaled ... if you think you are having a side effect of a medicine. In the U.S., you can report side effects to the ...