Description medications: cyclobarbital (Cyclobarbitalum)

Cyclobarbital (Cyclobarbitalum). 5-Ethyl-5- (cyclohex-1-yl) -barbiturovaya acid.

Synonyms (acid or calcium salt): Fanodorm, Athylhexabital, Cavonyl, Cyclobarbital, Cyclobarbitone, Cyclohexal, Cyclonal, Cyclosedal, Dormiphan, Dormiphene, Fanodormo, Hexemal, Hypnoval, Normanox, Palinum, Panodorm, Phanoctal, Phanodorm, Philodorm, Prodorm, Somnokalan and al.

The white crystalline powder slabogorkogo taste. Practically insoluble in water, easily soluble in alcohol and ether. Sleeping pills and sedative. On chemical structure similar to phenobarbital, but instead of the phenyl radical at C5 provides cyclohexenyl, included as part of the molecule hexenal.

The drug is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. In the body relatively quickly broken down, mainly in the liver. If abnormal liver function slows down the destruction of the drug.

On pharmacologically similar to etaminal-sodium, but is rapidly metabolized and excreted from the body, and therefore operates less continuously and causes fewer side effects than other barbiturates (for prolonged use evolving phenomenon of habituation - <fanodormizm>).

Upon receiving cyclobarbital (adult dose of 0.1 - 0.2 g) sleep lasts 5 - 6 hours.

Cyclobarbital excluded from the range of medicines, but used as part of a combined preparation produced abroad (Poland) under the name <reladorm> (Reladorm).

Tablets <reladorm> cyclobarbital contain 0.1 g (fanodorma) and 0.01 g (10 mg) relanium (diazepam cm. Sibazon). The combination of sleeping pills and tranquilizers and sleeping pills increases the sedative effect.

Assign a hypnotic adults: 1 tablet half an hour before bedtime.

Product: tablets in a package of 10 pieces.

Storage: List B.