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What is the generic name?
PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM
What is the Trade Name for PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM?
Nembutal Sodium
What are the Indications for PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM?
- INDICATIONS AND USAGE Parenteral: Sedatives. Hypnotics, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since they appear to lose their effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks (See “ Clinical Pharmacology ” section.) Preanesthetics. Anticonvulsant, in anesthetic doses, in the emergency control of certain acute convulsive episodes, e.g., those associated with status epilepticus, cholera, eclampsia, meningitis, tetanus, and toxic reactions to strychnine or local anesthetics.
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