Cyclopentobarbital Explained

Cyclopentobarbital sodium (Cyclopal, Dormisan) is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1940s.[1] It has sedative and anticonvulsant properties, and was used primarily as an anaesthetic in veterinary medicine.[2] Cyclopal is considered similar in effects to phenobarbital but lasts almost three times as long, and is considered a long-acting barbiturate with a fairly slow onset of action.

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  1. Book: Martin JR, Godel T, Hunkeler W, Jenck F, Moreau JL, Sleight AJ, Widmer U . Psychopharmacological agents. . Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology . December 2000 . 10.1002/0471238961.1619250313011820.a01 . 0471238961 .
  2. Vander Brook MJ, Cartland GF . A Pharmacologic Study of 5-Allyl-5-Cyclopentenyl Barbituric Acid (Cyclopal). . Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics . 1944 . 80 . 2 . 119–125 . 10.1.1.983.6071 .

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