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meprobamate

[ muh-proh-buh-meyt, mep-roh-bam-eyt ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.


meprobamate

/ ˌmɛprəʊˈbæmeɪt; məˈprəʊbəˌmeɪt /

noun

  1. a white bitter powder used as a hypnotic. Formula: C 9 H 18 N 2 O 4
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meprobamate1

First recorded in 1950–55; me(thyl) + pro(pyl) + (car)bamate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meprobamate1

me ( thyl ) + pro ( pyl + car ) bamate
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Within a year, it was the best-selling drug in America, and by the close of the fifties one in every three prescriptions written in the United States was for meprobamate.

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Others are the anxiety medicine meprobamate and the calcium channel blocking agent nimodipine, the sources said.

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The drugs in his system also included the antidepressants fluoxetine and olanzapine; the tranquilizers diazepam and meprobamate, which are found in Valium and other medications; the cough-suppressant dextromethorphan; and the antihistamine diphenhydramine.

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In a few cases in which I tried tranquilizing pills of the meprobamate type there was some slight improvement.

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Others are the anxiety medicine meprobamate and the calcium channel blocking agent nimodipine, the sources said.

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