Buthalital sodium (
INN
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; Bayinal, Baytinal, Thialbutal, Transithal, Ulbreval), or buthalitone sodium (
BAN), is a
barbiturate derivative
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which was under development as a short-acting
anesthetic
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.
However, development was discontinued, perhaps due to its extremely rapid elimination rate,
and buthalital sodium was never marketed.
See also
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Barbiturate
References
General anesthetics
Thiobarbiturates
GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators
Abandoned drugs
Allyl compounds
Isobutyl compounds
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