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Miltown

American  
[mil-toun] / ˈmɪlˌtaʊn /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of meprobamate.


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Meprobamate is an anti-anxiety medicine marketed under the brand names Miltown and Equanil.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Behind this action lies a growing disillusionment with Miltown on the part of many doctors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even that did not seem enough to For most of his press conference last week, the President seemed unwontedly subdued, as if he had prepared himself with one Miltown too many.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somebody should have given her a garlic necklace -- or a Miltown -- and told her to chill out.

From Time Magazine Archive

A numbed dreariness descended on the house, everyone moving in slow motion in the gloom of Miltown and recent events.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez