What is a Milltown pill? Meprobamate's Rise and Fall
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During the 1950s, the Milltown pill, also known by its generic name meprobamate, was marketed as a revolutionary tranquilizer and quickly became one of the first blockbuster psychotropic drugs in the United States. At the peak of its popularity, millions of prescriptions were written annually, signaling a new era in the medical treatment of anxiety.
