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Word: serentil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...1960s, the pharmaceutical company Sandoz marketed its new tranquilizer Serentil with ads in medical journals suggesting the drug be prescribed to "the newcomer in town who can't make friends ... The woman who can't get along with her new daughter-in-law. The executive who can't accept retirement." But the FDA stopped the ads. Drugs are supposed to treat illnesses, the agency said, not the vicissitudes of living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Sadness Is a Good Thing | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

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