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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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All the President's pills; WHAT JFK TOOK IN AVERAGE DAY TO STAY ALIVE Codeine, Demerol, methadone, Meprobamate, Librium, thyroid hormones, barbiturates, gamma globulin, antispasmodics, antibiotics, hydrocortisone, testosterone, salt tablets, Ritalin and procaine.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/18/2002; 685 words
; ...illness. His cocktail of drugs included codeine, Demerol and methadone for pain. He also took the stimulant Ritalin, Meprobamate and Librium for anxiety and barbiturates for sleep. Then there were jabs of thyroid hormone and blood derivative gamma globulin...
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AP Enterprise: Report prompts more water tests
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...carbamazepine, diazepam, methadone, meprobamate, testosterone) Danville, Va.: 5...MARCH REPORTS: Arlington, Texas: 1 (meprobamate) Denver: 12 (chlortetracycline...sulfadimethoxine) Long Beach, Calif.: 3 (meprobamate, phenytoin, risperidone) Los Angeles...
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Carisoprodol-induced amnestic state.(Letter To Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Carisoprodol, a synthetic congener of meprobamate, is a centrally acting muscle relaxant...for accidents, irrespective of blood meprobamate concentration.[sup] [5] In the...likely caused by withdrawal from the meprobamate that accumulates after large amounts...
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Studies from University of North Texas yield new data on pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 7/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...been attributed to its metabolite, meprobamate, a controlled substance that produces...similarities between carisoprodol and meprobamate, we used electrophysiological and behavioral...significantly larger than those produced by meprobamate, suggesting carisoprodol carisoprodol...
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FRANK BERGER
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...billion-pound industry when he invented meprobamate, the first tranquilliser. Until then...as research director and synthesised meprobamate, a longer-acting, close relative...colleagues made a short film documenting meprobamate's effects on rhesus monkeys and showed...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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REFERENCES NOTE SIDE EFFECTS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/21/1989; 700+ words
; ...milligrams daily.) Adverse reactions to meprobamate (Miltown) include drowsiness, ataxia...abuse have been found with the use of meprobamate. Sudden withdrawal can bring on anxiety...confusion and sometimes, convulsions. Meprobamate overdose results in drowsiness, lethargy...
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Research from L. Fanton and co-authors yields new data on life sciences.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 3/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...an alternative matrix: the case of meprobamate in bile,' is now available. According...interpreting postmortem bile concentrations of meprobamate is reported." "Based on 128 sets...an alternative matrix: the case of meprobamate in bile. International Journal of Legal...
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Texas town releases name of drug found in water
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...concentrations of the anti-anxiety medication meprobamate, city officials revealed Monday in...create one. Monday's identification of meprobamate came after the Texas attorney general...dilantin, carbamazepine, naproxen and meprobamate. But it declined at that time to identify...
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Labetalol: Fatal intoxication
Magazine article from: Reactions Weekly; 7/5/2008; ; 536 words
; ...including labetalol [Trandate] and meprobamate [Equanil] [dosages, time to reaction...g). The measured concentration of meprobamate (14.1 mg/L in blood and 40.3...Author comment: "[B]oth ethanol and meprobamate may cause hypotension, and association...
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PRESCRIPTION WRITING LIMITED ALBANY MD FINED $36G ON DRUG REGULATIONS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/16/1986; 700+ words
; ...Fagel said. Markowitz was dispensing Phendimetrazine and meprobamate, a depressant used to treat tension and anxiety, in envelopes...disregard we've seen for these drugs (the Phendimetrazine and meprobamate)," said Coffey. Evelyn Markowitz, the doctor's wife...
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meprobamate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
meprobamate , tranquilizing drug that acts as a...and sometimes schizophrenia . Although meprobamate is chemically unlike barbiturates and...forms of epilepsy . A muscle relaxant, meprobamate is also used to treat abnormal motor...
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sedative
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...barbiturates , now almost entirely replaced by the benzodiazepines . Miscellaneous other modern drugs, such as glutethimide and meprobamate , are also used as sedatives, as are some very old ones, such as chloral hydrate . The latter mixed with an alcoholic drink...
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tranquilizer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...first tranquilizer to be used in modern Western medicine. Other drugs used as tranquilizers include the phenothiazines , meprobamate , certain muscle relaxants and anticonvulsants, and lithium carbonate. See also psychopharmacology .
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Hemoperfusion
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...that bind to proteins in the body or are difficult to dissolve in water. It is used to treat overdoses of barbiturates , meprobamate, glutethimide, theophylline, digitalis, carbamazepine, methotrexate, ethchlorvynol, and acetaminophen , as well as...
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Antiepileptics
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...that normally slow down nerve function, but the exact mechanism is not known. Felbamate is similar to the tranquilizer meprobamate (Equanil, Miltown) and may work by blocking the effects of some of the brain chemicals that stimulate the nervous system...
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