Word: methaminodia
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...aired his findings before the American Psychiatric Association, and then took the unusual step of going to the public with his complaints about the new drug. He was turning to the press, he said, because speed was essential to warn of the danger. The drug he had been using: methaminodia-zepoxide, trade-named Librium, recently marketed with much fanfare by New Jersey's Roche Laboratories (TIME, March 7) and now giving hot competition to meprobamate (Equanil, Miltown). The maker's claim: Librium acts by allaying rage and anxiety reactions without causing drowsiness or depressing mental activity...
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