What Are the Effects of Pentobarbitone?

Question by l0st: What are the effects of pentobarbitone?
During some reasearch, I came across a death certificate, which stated the cause of death to be “Poisoning by pentobarbitone and alcohol”. This was in 1964. What would this have most likely been prescribed for (was it only availible by prescription in the U.K.) and what would be the effects of taking it with alcohol?

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Answer by epaphras_faith
It is also known as a barbiturate. Highly unlikely that it was prescribed. Pentobarbitone and Alcohol are cross tollerant and the two superimposed on one another tend to cause overdose.

Answer by LongTooth
Pentobarbital or Pentobarbitone is a short acting barbiturate (Nembutal® -street term: Yellow-Jacket). Barbiturates were given by prescription only in the U.S. also, for sleeping aids and to relieve anxiety or as an anticonvulsant. Administration of alcohol, opioids, antihistamines, other sedative-hypnotics, and other central nervous system depressants will additively increase the sedation caused by pentobarbital. An added effect would be respiratory depression. Use with alcohol was common and that’s what killed Marilyn Monroe also in 1964.
Good by Norma Jean.

Barbiturates, has been superseded by the benzodiazepines, (like Valium) for all of the above indications. Pentobarbital new use is in animal and human euthanasia. Trade names include Euthasol, Euthatal, Beuthanasia-D and Fatal Plus.

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