Tuinal Pharm.
(ˈtjuːɪnəl)
[f. tuin-, of unkn. origin + -al in Amytal, Seconal.]
A proprietary name for a combination of the two barbiturates quinalbarbitone and amylobarbitone, used as a sedative-hypnotic.
| 1949 Trade Marks Jrnl. 25 May 453/2 Tuinal... Medicinal preparations composed of sodium propyl-methylcarbinyl allyl barbiturate and sodium isoamyl ethyl barbiturate. Eli Lilly and company,.. Indianapolis,..United States of America. 1952 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopœia (ed. 23) I. 259 Tuinal (Lilly). 1½ or 3 gr. capsules containing equal parts of Seconal Sodium and Sodium Amytal. 1980 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 3/1 She was drunk and they went on to a party at a friend's house. He saw her take two Tuinal tablets during the night. |