Amytaln.
Trade-name of a white crystalline powder used as a sedative.
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1926 Jrnl. Pharmacol. 26 379 Isoamyl ethyl barbituric acid (Amytal).
1928 Chem. Abstr. 460 (caption) The effect of insulin on the metabolism of dogs under amytal anesthesia.
1930 Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 Mar. 484/1 Amytal, a medicated preparation in tablet form for human use as a sedative and hypnotic. Eli Lilly and Company.
1930 Lancet 14 June 1302/1 Amytal is the trade-name of iso-amyl-ethyl barbituric acid, and it has now been employed as an anæsthetic in a fair number of cases.
1930 Lancet 14 June 1302/1 It appears that amytal, if used without risk, is rather a hypnotic than a true anæsthetic.
1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 118 Here's some sodium amytal. One of these capsules will calm him down.
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