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Preferred term

Pentobarbital  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A short-acting barbiturate that is effective as a sedative and hypnotic (but not as an anti-anxiety) agent and is usually given orally. It is prescribed more frequently for sleep induction than for sedation but, like similar agents, may lose its effectiveness by the second week of continued administration. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p236)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-
  • 57-33-0 (mono-Na salt)
  • 76-74-4 (Pentobarbital)
  • I4744080IR
  • Mebubarbital
  • NJJ0475N0S
  • Pentobarbitone

In other languages

  • French

  • 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-
  • 57-33-0 (mono-Na salt)
  • 76-74-4 (Pentobarbital)
  • I4744080IR
  • NJJ0475N0S

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PF58HR0N-K

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