Posted by ed_uk on January 10, 2007, at 14:30:33
In reply to Old Doctor vs. Young Doc vs. Foreign (educated) MD, posted by harry_in_philly on January 9, 2007, at 19:11:58
>Meprobamate....very old drug.......
Whether or not a drug is old is not important. Some extremely old drugs are still widely used in medicine today......think nitroglycerine. We should avoid the tendency to assume that 'new' always = 'better'. On the other hand, there is very little evidence to support the efficacy of meprobamate as an anxiolytic. It's efficacy seems to be relatively poor.
Ed
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