Dexamyl

American  

[dek-suh-mil] / ˈdɛk sə mɪl /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for a mixture of dextroamphetamine and amobarbital that curbs appetite and elevates mood, used in the treatment of obesity or mental depression.

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Example Sentences

I wrote two songs in one day, and, whether because of the Dexamyl or the songs, felt happier than I’d ever been.

From New York Times

He would pop Dexamyl to clean the house, play Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor movies, serve his daughters Stouffer’s meals boiled up in plastic bags.

From New York Times

Metrecal was a staple, cigarettes a habit, and when Dexamyl was withdrawn from the market as a diet drug, she persuaded Dr. Warren Wacker, at Harvard’s University Health Services, to continue prescribing the stimulant as an energy booster to ward off melancholy.

From The New Yorker

Williams at times takes half a Dexamyl to "pep up," 1� Seconals a day "to smooth things over," and two Miltowns with Scotch to go to sleep.

From Time Magazine Archive

But every amusing aside is counterweighted with repellents�tantrums fueled by Dexamyl, catastrophic marriages, endless breakdowns and cancellations.

From Time Magazine Archive