Seconal

Active Ingredient(s): Secobarbital
Category: Sleep Aid

Secobarbital (as the sodium salt, originally marketed by Eli Lilly and Company for the treatment of insomnia, and subsequently by other companies as described below, under the brand name Seconal) is a short-acting barbiturate derivative drug that was patented in 1934 in the United States.[2] It possesses anaesthetic, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic properties. In the United Kingdom, it was known as quinalbarbitone. It is the most frequently used drug in phys... [wikipedia]

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Dosage List

Seconal Sodium 100 mg Oral Capsule
NDC: 0187-4220
Labeler:
Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC

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