Drinamyl Pharm.
(ˈdrɪnəmɪl)
Also drinamyl.
[f. dextro- + (amphetamine + amyl2.]
The proprietary name of a preparation of dexamphetamine and amylobarbitone, used as a stimulant. Cf. purple heart 3.
| 1950 in Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Dec. 1053/2. 1952 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopœia (ed. 23) 516 Drinamyl... Tablets each containing d-amphetamine sulphate 5 mg. and amylobarbitone 32 mg. For control of mental and emotional distress. 1961 Guardian 23 Mar. 3/1 Drinamyl, a Schedule 1 poison known in the trade as ‘purple heart’. 1968 J. Blackburn Young Man from Lima iii. 32 Two drinamyl tablets had restored his self-confidence. 1969 Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 25/6 A drug addict who took drinamyl and was formerly an addict of heroin. |