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Drug Details

SECONAL SODIUM

• Drug Class Description
  Barbiturates.
• Generic Name
  Secobarbital [quinalbarbitone] sodium
• Presentation
  Capsules, secobarbital sodium 50 mg , 100mg .
• Description
  50mg, orange capsules coded F42; 100 mg orange capsules coded F40.
• Indications
  

  Short term treatment of severe, intractable insomnia, in patients habituated to barbiturates.

• Adult Dosage
  50 - 100 mg at night.
• Child Dosage
  Not recommended.
• Contra Indications
  

  Uncontrolled pain, young adults, the elderly and debilitated, pregnancy, lactation, patients with a history of alcohol or drug abuse, acute intermittent porphyria.

• Special Precautions
  Liver disorders, renal impairment, severe pulmonary insufficiency. Tolerance and dependence may develop.
• Interactions
  

  Coumarin-type anticoagulants. Alcohol and other CNS depressants. Systemic steroids depressants. Systemic steroids (including oral contraceptives). Griseofulvin, rifampicin, phenytoin, metronidazole and chloramphenicol.

• Adverse Drug Reactions
  Hangover with drowsiness, dizziness, ataxia, respiratory depression, hypersensitivity reactions, headache, paradoxical excitement and confusion.