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... Valium were written ; after that , sales dropped sharply , and , by 1980 , only 33.6 million prescriptions for Valium were sold — although it was still the number - one prescription drug in the country . In 1980 , Hoffman - LaRoche's ...
... Valium were written ; after that , sales dropped sharply , and , by 1980 , only 33.6 million prescriptions for Valium were sold — although it was still the number - one prescription drug in the country . In 1980 , Hoffman - LaRoche's ...
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... Valium reached a peak of 61.3 million prescriptions written in 1975 ; in 1980 , this figure had fallen to 33.6 million ( Boffey , 1981 ; Rosenblatt , 1982 ) ; by 1986 , Valium was only the eleventh most popular prescription drug . In ...
... Valium reached a peak of 61.3 million prescriptions written in 1975 ; in 1980 , this figure had fallen to 33.6 million ( Boffey , 1981 ; Rosenblatt , 1982 ) ; by 1986 , Valium was only the eleventh most popular prescription drug . In ...
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... Valium ( whose generic or chemical name is diazepam ) , Librium ( chlordiazepoxide ) , Equa- nil and Miltown ( meprobamate ) , and Placidyl ( ethchlorvynol ) . The pharma- ceutical use of the minor tranquilizers dropped sharply between ...
... Valium ( whose generic or chemical name is diazepam ) , Librium ( chlordiazepoxide ) , Equa- nil and Miltown ( meprobamate ) , and Placidyl ( ethchlorvynol ) . The pharma- ceutical use of the minor tranquilizers dropped sharply between ...
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