Doriden


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Noun1.Doriden - sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug - a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
brand, brand name, marque, trade name - a name given to a product or service
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Another was a 44-year-old woman with acute depression who had ingested a large amount of glutehimide (Doriden).
"'Doriden von Ciba': Sleeping Pills, Pharmaceutical Marketing, and Thalidomide, 1955-1963".
Like marijuana, "the drugs in this schedule have a high abuse potential with severe psychic or physical dependence liability and include opium, morphine, codeine, dilaudid, methadone, metamphetamine, preludin, ritalin, amobarbital, secobarbital and doriden."