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Treats insomnia and also makes you sleepy before a surgery or a procedure. This medicine is a barbiturate.
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Amobarbital/secobarbital images:
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Amobarbital/secobarbital
Uses
Treats insomnia and also makes you sleepy before a surgery or a procedure. This medicine is a barbiturate.
Storage
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
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Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any leftover medicine after you have finished your treatment.
- You will also need to throw away old medicine after the expiration date has passed.
Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Capsule.
Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often.
- Your dose may need to be changed several times in order to find out what works best for you.
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
This medicine is not for long-term use.
Take this medicine at bedtime, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Depression, confusion, hallucinations, or unusual behavior.
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Feeling very excited or agitated.
Lightheadedness or fainting.
Muscle twitching or problems with balance or walking.
Pale skin or pale lip color.
Severe nausea or vomiting.
Slow heartbeat.
Trouble breathing.
Thoughts of doing harm to yourself.
Precautions
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to amobarbital, secobarbital, or other barbiturates.
- You should not use this medicine if you are pregnant, or if you have porphyria, liver disease, or lung disease.
Missed Dose
- This medicine needs to be given on a fixed schedule.
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, call your doctor or pharmacist for instructions.
Drug Interactions
- Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby.
- Use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant.
- If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.
Make sure your doctor knows if you are breast feeding.
Make sure your doctor knows if you have kidney disease, liver disease, or severe pain in any part of your body, depression, drug abuse, or any suicide attempts.
Tell your doctor if you have any history of mental illness.
This medicine may be habit-forming.
- If you feel that the medicine is not working as well, do not use more than your prescribed dose.
- Call your doctor for instructions.
Do not stop using this medicine suddenly without asking your doctor.
- You may need to slowly decrease your dose before stopping it completely.
This medicine may make you drowsy.
- Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert.
Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using this medicine.
- Be sure to keep all appointments.
Your doctor will need to check your blood or urine at regular visits while you are using this medicine.
- Be sure to keep all appointments.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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