Word: valium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While Kennedy quietly presided over Judiciary Committee hearings on the potential dangers of Valium last week. Carter tried to revive his faltering presidency by campaigning for his energy program, which he thinks may be the key to his salvation. In response to congressional objections, he agreed' to compromise on a basic issue. He withdrew his proposal for an $88 billion, ten-year program to develop synthetic fuels and settled for a more modest funding of $22 billion for a two-year plan. He also stopped insisting that the Federal Government operate synthetic fuel plants; they would remain in private...
Senate hears of Valium woes...
...typical junkie but by Dr.William Thomas of Long Beach, Calif. Like the priest, banker, teacher and housewife who told similar tales at a Senate health subcommittee hearing, the doctor was not addicted to heroin. He and the others were hooked on so-called minor tranquilizers, particularly Valium, the nation's bestselling prescription drug...
...nervous, my husband drinks too much,' the doctor will automatically give her a tranquilizer." But patients must also bear some blame.They often demand medication as proof that the physician is doing his job. Result:more than 44 million prescriptions were filled last year for Valium alone...
Hoffman-La Roche, maker of Valium and Librium, contends that the incidence of addiction is low. The problem, says the company, comes from a small group of patients who either intentionally overdose themselves, stay on the medication too long or combine it with alcohol. Nevertheless, the company plans an educational campaign to alert patients to the risks of misusing Valium...