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Librium

American  
[lib-ree-uhm] / ˈlɪb ri əm /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of chlordiazepoxide.


Librium British  
/ ˈlɪbrɪəm /

noun

  1. a brand of the drug chlordiazepoxide See also benzodiazepine

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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

Prescribed benzos included Valium, Librium, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax and one drug not approved for use in the United States.

From Washington Post

In 1964, she took Valium and Librium to numb the pain.

From Washington Post

Phenobarbital - once used to treat seizures caused by detoxification - has been replaced by Librium.

From Washington Times