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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

His Miltown mood indicates that if the sky were falling, it would be about as important as a broken crayon.

From Time Magazine Archive

In reality, Miltown costs the pharmacist $3.25 per bottle of 50 tablets, which is 6.5� per tablet.

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

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