Word: snakeroot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rauwolfia drugs from Indian snakeroot (best known: reserpine) stimulate the reticular alertness center and have little effect on the sleep pattern, are therefore less sedative in action. ¶ Meprobamate, in moderate doses, usually has no effect on the alertness center and little on the sleep pattern; its tranquilizing action must work through other parts of the brain...
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