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Pentobarbital
Nembutal, Pentobarbital (pentobarbital) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Pentobarbital was first approved as Nembutal on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat status epilepticus in the USA.
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nervous system diseasesD009422
signs and symptoms pathological conditionsD013568
Trade Name
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Nembutal, Pentobarbital (discontinued: Nembutal, Pentobarbital)
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pentobarbital sodiumANDA2026-09-22
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status epilepticusEFO_0008526D013226G41
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N: Nervous system drugs
— N05: Psycholeptics
— N05C: Hypnotics and sedatives
— N05CA: Barbiturates, hypnotics and sedatives, plain
— N05CA01: Pentobarbital
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J2515
Injection, pentobarbital sodium, per 50 mg
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14 clinical trials
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HypertensionD006973EFO_0000537I10——1—12
Traumatic brain injuriesD000070642—S06——1——1
Brain injuriesD001930—S06.9——1——1
Intracranial hypertensionD019586EFO_1000992———1——1
Status epilepticusD013226EFO_0008526G41——1——1
Diabetic nephropathiesD003928EFO_0000401———1——1
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Substance-related disordersD019966EFO_0003890F1311———1
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Heart diseasesD006331EFO_0003777I51.91————1
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General anesthesiaD000768——————22
HemorrhageD006470MP_0001914R58————11
Heart failureD006333EFO_0003144I50————11
Chronic renal insufficiencyD051436—N18————11
Kidney diseasesD007674EFO_0003086N08————11
SepsisD018805EFO_0001420A41.9————11
Respiratory tract infectionsD012141—J06.9————11
InfectionsD007239EFO_0000544—————11
NeutropeniaD009503—D70————11
Migraine disordersD008881EFO_0003821G43————11
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Drug common namePentobarbital
INNpentobarbital
Description
Pentobarbital is a member of the class of barbiturates, the structure of which is that of barbituric acid substituted at C-5 by ethyl and sec-pentyl groups. It has a role as a GABAA receptor agonist.
Classification
Small molecule
Drug classbarbituric acid derivatives
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
CCCC(C)C1(CC)C(=O)NC(=O)NC1=O
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CAS-ID76-74-4
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ChEMBL IDCHEMBL448
ChEBI ID7983
PubChem CID4737
DrugBankDB00312
UNII IDI4744080IR (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
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Pentobarbital
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672 adverse events reported
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