Nembutal solution for injection is a sterile solution for intramuscular or intravenous injection. Most barbiturates are non-selective CNS depressants and are sometimes used as sedatives and anesthetics or hypnotics in hospitals. Nembutal comes in many forms; a common type is a solution for injection. The solution is a short-acting barbiturate and sold in liquid form.
Barbiturates are non-selective central nervous system depressants. They are used as sedative-hypnotics and anticonvulsants in sub hypnotics doses.
Barbiturates are substituted pyrimidine derivatives in which the basic structure common to these drugs is barbituric acid, a substance that has no CNS activity. CNS activity is achieved by substituting alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl groups on the pyrimidine ring.
Nembutal, which is a drug from the barbiturate class, is the drug of choice for anyone undergoing voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. Nembutal causes death by respiratory arrest. Nembutal is also used as an emergency treatment for seizures, and to cause patients to fall asleep for surgery
Nembutal is the trade name for Pentobal, a drug from the barbiturate class. It was used extensively in the 1940s and 1950s as a sleeping pill or anti-anxiety medication. Unlike modern sleeping pills, Nembutal is highly fatal in overdose. Because it is very reliable and results in a peaceful death, people use it as a suction medicine or for voluntary euthanasia.
Pentobarbital or pentobarbitone is a short-acting barbiturate. Pentobarbital can be in the free acid form, but it is usually formulated as the sodium salt, sodium pentobarbital. The free acid is only slightly soluble in water and in ethanol.
CAS ID: 76-74-4
Molar mass: 226.27 g / mol
Formula: C11H18N2O3
Bioavailability: 70–90% (oral); 90% (rectal)
Trade name: Nembutal
Metabolism: Liver
Barbiturates are central nervous system depressants. Used primarily as sedating hypnotics and also as anticonvulsants at sub hypnotic doses.
Typical applications of pentobarbital are primarily sedative in addition to short-term hypnotics and pre-anesthetics. So also control seizures in an emergency.
