Health Blog » Insomnia http://ovvl.com Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:07:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Amylobarbitone http://ovvl.com/2010/07/amylobarbitone/ http://ovvl.com/2010/07/amylobarbitone/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:07:39 +0000 admin http://ovvl.com/?p=214 amylobarbitone <amobarbital> An intermediate-acting *barbiturate. Amylobarbitone and its sodium salt, amylobarbitone sodium, are used for the short-term treatment of severe insomnia in people who are already taking barbiturates; amylobarbitone sodium is also given by injection to treat status epilepticus (repeated epileptic seizures). Amylobarbitone is available as tablets, its sodium salt as capsules or an injection (only for use in specialist epilepsy centres); both are ^controlled drugs.

]]> http://ovvl.com/2010/07/amylobarbitone/feed/ 0 Butobarbitone (Soneryl) http://ovvl.com/2009/05/butobarbitone-soneryl/ http://ovvl.com/2009/05/butobarbitone-soneryl/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 11:07:55 +0000 admin http://ovvl.com/?p=78 An intermediate-acting barbiturate used for the short-term treatment of severe insomnia in patients who are already taking barbiturates. A controlled drug, it is available as tablets.
Proprietary preparation: Soneryl.

]]> http://ovvl.com/2009/05/butobarbitone-soneryl/feed/ 0 Nitrazepam http://ovvl.com/2009/05/nitrazepam/ http://ovvl.com/2009/05/nitrazepam/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 12:55:31 +0000 admin http://ovvl.com/?p=64 A long-acting benzodiazepine used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. It is available as tablets or an oral suspension on prescription only; certain proprietary preparations cannot be prescribed on the NHS.
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