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butabarbital
Butabarbital (brand name Butisol) is a prescription barbiturate sleep aid and anxiety medication. Butabarbital has a particularly fast onset of effects and short duration of action compared to other barbiturates, which makes it useful for certain applications such as treating severe insomnia, relieving general anxiety and relieving anxiety before surgical procedures; however it is also relatively dangerous particularly when combined with alcohol, and so is now rarely used, although it is still prescribed in some Eastern European and South American countries. Its intermediate duration of action
Key facts
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- 443491373
- Drug.IUPAC_name
- 5-butan-2-yl-5-ethyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione
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- 120
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- Butisol
- Drug.MedlinePlus
- a682417
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- Butabarbital
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- B1
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- Schedule IV
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- Schedule III
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- Anlage II
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Clinical uses
- Administration
- Clinical effects & elimination
- Overdose & abuse
- Side effects
- Adverse effects
- Contradictions
- Pharmacology
- Absorption, distribution and excretion
- Mechanism of action
- References
- External links
Butabarbital (brand name Butisol) is a prescription barbiturate sleep aid and anxiety medication. Butabarbital has a particularly fast onset of effects and short duration of action compared to other barbiturates, which makes it useful for certain applications such as treating severe insomnia, relieving general anxiety and relieving anxiety before surgical procedures; however it is also relatively dangerous particularly when combined with alcohol, and so is now rarely used, although it is still prescribed in some Eastern European and South American countries. Its intermediate duration of action gives butabarbital an abuse potential slightly lower than secobarbital. Butabarbital can be hydrolyzed to valnoctamide.
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