Seconaln.
/ˈsɛkənal//ˈsɛkənəl/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary term for secobarbital n. Also, a tablet of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > tranquillizer > specific substances or preparations
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Seconal1935
secobarbital1950
mephenesin1952
Largactil1953
Miltown1954
meprobamate1955
hydroxyzine1956
promazine1956
Sparine1956
prochlorperazine1957
Stelazine1958
trifluoperazine1958
Prolixin1959
chlordiazepoxide1960
Librium1960
diazepam1961
Valium1961
oxazepam1964
pimozide1968
lorazepam1969
temazepam1970
alprazolam1973
1935 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 July 727/2 Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis... Seconal. For products of secondary amyl allyl barbituric acid and the sodium salts thereof..useful as hypnotics. Claims use since Apr. 11, 1935.
1937 Jrnl. Amer. Pharmaceut. Assoc. 26 1248 It was concluded that ‘Seconal’ had a shorter duration of action and that its minimal anesthetic dose and minimal lethal dose were smaller than those of ‘Sodium Amytal’.
1938 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Feb. 218/1 Seconal.
1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees ii. 11 He was also anxious to lie down and take a seconal.
1958 ‘A. Bridge’ Portuguese Escape xiii. 217 She swallowed some Seconal with a gulp of water.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 214 Drugging myself into sleep with an overload of seconal.
1965 G. Marx Let. 12 Oct. (1967) 68 At 8 we take two Seconals, three aspirin and a shot of LSD.
1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 176 ‘What did you give him?’ ‘Half a Mandie, a Seconal—I can't remember—and two Mogadon, I think.’
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