NEMBUTAL SUMMARY
NEMBUTAL®
SODIUM SOLUTION
Pentobarbital Sodium Injection, USP
The barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system depressants which are primarily used as sedative hypnotics and also anticonvulsants in subhypnotic doses. The barbiturates and their sodium salts are subject to control under the Federal Controlled Substances Act (See "Drug Abuse and Dependence" section).
Barbiturates are indicated for the following:
Parenteral:
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Sedatives.
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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).
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Preanesthetics.
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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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