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...tranquilizer goes on sale (by prescription only) throughout the U.S., with encouraging evidence that it will have the same effect on 70% or more of anxious, tense and hostile humans as it has on dingoes. Trade-named Librium by New Jersey's Roche Laboratories, it is technically methamino-diazepoxide, a synthetic chemical unrelated to previous ataractic drugs. Finding the right dose for individual patients is admittedly tricky. But the manufacturers claim that when this is achieved, Librium comes close to producing pure relief from strain without drowsiness or dulling of mental processes. Also claimed: unusual freedom from harmful side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tranquil But Alert | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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