Banthine

[ban-theen, -thahyn]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of methantheline.

Example Sentences

Most were able to discard their pappy ulcer diets and between-meal snacks, but they must take banthine regularly; it is a palliative rather than a cure.

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Last week Duke's Grimson announced that he and two associates had succeeded�with a drug called banthine.

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In their research to avoid surgery, Grimson and associates found an answer in banthine, a new synthetic drug which they had been testing on high blood pressure.

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Banthine, taken by mouth in tablet form four to six times a day, has the same effect as cutting the vagus nerve; it slows down stomach contractions so that food is retained there for as long as six hours, and it reduces the flow of corrosive acid.

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