SECONAL

This brand name is authorized in United Kingdom, United States

Active ingredients

The drug SECONAL contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Secobarbital UNII XBP604F6UM - SECOBARBITAL SODIUM

Secobarbital is a barbituric acid derivative. Secobarbital binds at a distinct binding site associated with a Cl ionopore at the GABAA receptor, increasing the duration of time for which the Cl ionopore is open. Read about Secobarbital

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
SECONAL Capsule	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/Old

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
N05CA06	Secobarbital	N Nervous system → N05 Psycholeptics → N05C Hypnotics and sedatives → N05CA Barbiturates, plain
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
Country: GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Identifier(s): 38410, 40858
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0187-4220