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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

Obviously, Detroit will soon be just a swallowed Miltown.

From Time Magazine Archive

All roads ashore may lead toward Miltown, but the buoyant water works its own tranquilizing magic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind this action lies a growing disillusionment with Miltown on the part of many doctors.

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