Pentobarbital Sodium (Noun)
Meaning
A barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The anesthesiologist administered a dose of pentobarbital sodium to help the patient relax before the procedure.
- Pentobarbital sodium is sometimes used as a medication for the treatment of epilepsy in veterinary patients.
- Due to its rapid onset of action, pentobarbital sodium is commonly used in medical settings as a sedative for anxious or aggressive patients.
- Pentobarbital sodium was given to the woman as an emergency measure to treat her status epilepticus, which was caused by an adverse reaction to a different medication.
- A study compared the effectiveness of pentobarbital sodium to another anticonvulsant for use as an anesthetic for surgeries lasting more than four hours.