Micrainin

Active Ingredient(s): Aspirin, ASA + Meprobamate
FDA Approved: * July 31, 1978
Pharm Company: * MEDPOINTE PHARM HLC
Category: Pain Relief

Meprobamate—marketed as Miltown by Wallace Laboratories and Equanil by Wyeth, among others—is a carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug. It was the best-selling minor tranquilizer for a time, but has largely been replaced by the benzodiazepines due to their wider therapeutic index (lower risk of toxicity at therapeutically prescribed doses) and lower incidence of serious side effects. Contents 1 History 2 Pharmacology 3 Indications 4 Side effects and overdose 5 Health is... [wikipedia]

* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.
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Micrainin as a headache remedy

I'm wondering if the Micrainin name wasn't once used as an OTC headache remedy before it was marketed as a sedat...

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