Vicks is an American brand of
over-the-counter medications owned by the American company
Procter & Gamble. Vicks manufactures
NyQuil and its morning sister medication,
DayQuil. The Vicks brand also produces Formula 44
cough medicines,
cough drops,
Vicks VapoRub, and a number of
inhaled breathing treatments. For much of its history, Vicks products were manufactured by the family-owned company Richardson-Vicks, Inc., based in
Greensboro, North Carolina. Richardson-Vicks, Inc., was eventually sold to Procter & Gamble in 1985.