Buticaps

Active Ingredient(s): Butabarbital
FDA Approved: * April 11, 1978
Pharm Company: * MEDPOINTE PHARM HLC
Category: Sleep Aid

Butabarbital (brand name Butisol) is a prescription barbiturate sleep aid and anxiety medication. Butabarbital has a particularly fast onset of effects and short duration of action compared to other barbiturates, which makes it useful for certain applications such as treating severe insomnia, relieving general anxiety and relieving anxiety before surgical procedures; however it is also relatively dangerous particularly when combined with alcohol, and so is now rarely used, although it is stil... [wikipedia]

* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.

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