Hexobarbital

Hexobarbital is a thiopental would be the barbiturate of choice for this application these days. Hexobarbital was also marketed as a rapid-acting sleeping pill with short duration (tradenames: Citopan, Evipan and others, usually in 250 mg strength tablets). Hexobarbital is still used in some scientific research.

Further reading

• Takenoshita R, Toki S (2004). "[New aspects of hexobarbital metabolism: stereoselective metabolism, new metabolic pathway via GSH conjugation, and 3-hydroxyhexobarbital dehydrogenases]". Yakugaku Zasshi 124 (12): 857-71. PMID 15577260.
• Wahlström G (1998). "A study of the duration of acute tolerance induced with hexobarbital in male rats.". Pharmacol Biochem Behav 59 (4): 945-8. PMID 9586853.
• Korkmaz S, Ljungblad E, Wahlström G (1995). "Interaction between flumazenil and the anesthetic effects of hexobarbital in the rat.". Brain Res 676 (2): 371-7. PMID 7614008.
• Dall V, Orntoft U, Schmidt A, Nordholm L (1993). "Interaction of the competitive AMPA receptor antagonist NBQX with hexobarbital.". Pharmacol Biochem Behav 46 (1): 73-6. PMID 8255925.