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Definition of Secobarbital

1. Noun. Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions.

Definition of Secobarbital

1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) Quinalbarbitone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Secobarbital

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Medical Definition of Secobarbital

1. A barbiturate that is used as a sedative. Secobarbital is reported to have no anti-anxiety activity. Pharmacological action: anaesthesia adjuvants, gaba modulators, sedatives, barbiturate. Chemical name: 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-(1-methylbutyl)-5-(2-propenyl)- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secobarbital

Literary usage of Secobarbital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations, 21 Food and Drugs Part 1300 to End: Revised as by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"(2) Any suppository dosage form containing: (i) Amobarbital 2126 (ii) secobarbital 2316 (iii) Pentobarbital 2271 or any salt of any of these drugs and ..."

2. Federal Nutrition Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture ...Medical (1998)
"... and tertiary) Alcohol Phenobarbital Heroin/morphine secobarbital/Amobarbital d-Propoxyphene secobarbital Methadone Other sedatives Oxycodone Amphetamine ..."

3. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Sensitivity of some human cognitive functions to effects of methampheta- mine and secobarbital. Drug Alcohol Depend 5:145-150 (1980). McNair DM, Kahn RJ, ..."

4. Drugs of Abuse (1996)edited by Carol Gibson edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"... 100 mg Trade Name: Seconal Sodium Controlled Ingredient: secobarbital sodium ... amobarbital sodium 100 mg secobarbital sodium 100 mg Schedule IV Trade ..."

5. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"The withdrawal syndrome following termination of short-acting barbiturates commonly used as hypnotics (ie, pentobarbital, secobarbital, and amobarbital) and ..."

6. Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: Treatment Improvement Protocol edited by Frederic C. Blow (1999)
"Displaced drugs included such barbiturates as pentobarbital (Nembutal), secobarbital (Seconal), and the combination aprobarbital and secobarbital (Tuinal), ..."

7. National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services: The Treatment by Barbara Ray, Richard Thoreson, Leigh Henderson, Marianna Toce (1998)
"... and tertiary) Alcohol Phénobarbital Heroin/morphine secobarbital/Amobarbital d-Propoxyphene secobarbital Methadone Other sedatives Oxycodone Amphetamine ..."

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