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Status:
US Approved Rx (1960)
First approved in 1960

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (MIXED)


Conditions:

Methohexital is an ultrashort-acting barbiturate widely used in dentistry because of its rapid onset, predictable effects, and short duration of action. It was marked under the name brevital sodium for the intravenous anaesthesia. It has also been co...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1954

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Thiamylal is a barbiturate that is administered intravenously for the production of complete anesthesia of short duration, for the induction of general anesthesia, or for inducing a hypnotic state. Thiamylal, a barbiturate, is used in combination wit...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1934

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Sodium thiopental (also known as Sodium Pentothal, thiopental) was discovered in 1930s by investigators working for Abbott Laboratories. Thiopental sodium was used for the induction of general anesthesia and is used as an adjunct to provide hypnosis ...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1933

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Hexobarbital or hexobarbitone, (sold both in acid and sodium salt, brand name Evipan, and Tobinal), is a barbiturate derivative having hypnotic and sedative effects. It was used in the 1940s and 1950s as an agent for inducing anesthesia for surgery, ...