Pentobarbital

Pentobarbital (US) anaa pentobarbitone (British den Australian) be a short-acting barbiturate dem typically use as a sedative, a preanesthetic, den to control convulsions insyd emergencies. E sanso fi be used for short-term treatment of insomnia buh na e largely be replaced by de benzodiazepine family of drugs.

Insyd high doses, pentobarbital dey cause death by respiratory arrest. Dem frequently dey use am for veterinary euthanasia, wey e be used by sam US states den de United States federal government for executions of convicted criminals by lethal injection. Insyd sam countries den states, e sanso be used for physician-assisted suicide.

Na Ernest H. Volwiler den Donalee L. Tabern develop pentobarbital at Abbott Laboratories insyd 1930. Na dem widely abuse de drug dey begin insyd de late 1930s, wey e be sam times known as "yellow jackets" secof de yellow color of Nembutal-branded capsules.

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