Librium

[ lib-ree-uhm ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of chlordiazepoxide.

Librium

/ ˈlɪbrɪəm /

noun

1. a brand of the drug chlordiazepoxide See also benzodiazepine

Example Sentences

Aldrich prescribed Nelson Tylenol, folic acid, vitamin B1 and Librium, a medication used to treat symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, according to the lawsuit.

From Seattle Times

“He came out of there addicted to Librium and 10 other medications. They called him cured.”

From Washington Post

Among his biggest triumphs as an adman was the marketing of the tranquilizers Librium and Valium, beginning in the 1960s.

From New York Times

He developed a campaign to persuade doctors to prescribe antibiotics manufactured by Pfizer in the 1950s, as well as successful strategies for Roche to market Librium and Valium in the 1960s and 1970s.

From Washington Post

One Librium ad depicted a young woman carrying an armload of books, and suggested that even the quotidian anxiety a college freshman feels upon leaving home might be best handled with tranquillizers.

From The New Yorker