Bex Powders. Bex Powders were a compound analgesic that comprised aspirin (420mg), phenacetin (420 mg) and caffeine (160mg), also known as APC. It was the first APC product marketed in Australia and the most popular. Bex Powders were produced from the 1920s in South Australia by Beckers Pty Ltd. [1] Beckers moved to Sydney in the 1960s and in.. Marketed in the 1960s to help relax after a stressful day, Bex powders were later linked to cancer and kidney failure. They were banned from sale in Australia in the 1970s. “There are a number of cases in which harmful substances and products have been removed from the market, or access has been more tightly controlled or monitored,” explains Andrew Perusco.
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Bex powders, as well as other APC products such as Vincent’s, were particularly seen as the housewife’s drug of choice in the 1950s and 1960s. However, it became recognised that these medications were addictive, and Priscilla Kincaid-Smith found that the large doses of phenacetin ingested by habitual users were responsible for widespread kidney disease.. Bex Powders. Bex Powders, or Bex APC, were over-the-counter painkillers developed by Beckers Pty Ltd in Adelaide in the 1930s and manufactured in Sydney from the 1960s. Although there were a number of similar products on the market Bex Powders were so popular the brand became a cultural icon. The powders, which were often overused, were found.
