pentobarbital Pharm.
(pɛntəʊˈbɑːbɪtəl)
The equivalent in the U.S. Pharmacopeia of pentobarbitone. Also pentobarbital sodium, sodium pentobarbital.
| 1931 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 May 1871/1 Pento⁓barbital-sodium is a nonproprietary name given to the mono-sodium salt of ethyl-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric acid. 1935 Proc. Mayo Clinic X. 536 The next step forward was the use of the isomer..of amytal, which was first called ‘embutal’. The sodium salt was called ‘nembutal’ and finally, ‘pentobarbital sodium’. 1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 219/2 The Boston doctors tested the effects of morphine, heroin, amphetamine, the sleeping medicine pentobarbital and as a control, sodium chloride, or salt. 1962 Times 20 Dec. 9/7 Pentobarbital anaesthesia in lions has been studied with special reference to preanaesthetic medication. 1965 Pharmacopeia U.S. (ed. 17) 633 Sodium pentobarbital. [In ed. 16 as pentobarbital sodium.] 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xi. 204 Deep sedation is induced by the intravenous injection of amobarbital (Amytal) or pentobarbital (Nembutal). |