Heptabarb

Heptabarb Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Heptabarb is an intermediate or short term barbiturate used mainly for sedation and hypnosis.

Trade Name Heptabarb
Generic Heptabarbital
Heptabarbital Other Names Heptabarb, Heptabarbe, Heptabarbital, Heptabarbitone, Heptabarbo, Heptabarbum
Type
Formula C13H18N2O3
Weight Average: 250.2936
Monoisotopic: 250.131742452
Groups Experimental
Therapeutic Class
Manufacturer
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Last Updated: September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am
Heptabarb
Heptabarb

Uses

Used mainly for sedation and hypnosis.

How Heptabarb works

Heptabarb (like all barbiturates) works by binding to the GABAA receptor at either the alpha or the beta sub unit. These are binding sites that are distinct from GABA itself and also distinct from the benzodiazepine binding site. Like benzodiazepines, barbiturates potentiate the effect of GABA at this receptor. This GABAA receptor binding decreases input resistance, depresses burst and tonic firing, especially in ventrobasal and intralaminar neurons, while at the same time increasing burst duration and mean conductance at individual chloride channels; this increases both the amplitude and decay time of inhibitory postsynaptic currents. In addition to this GABA-ergic effect, barbiturates also block the AMPA receptor, a subtype of glutamate receptor. Glutamate is the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian CNS. Heptabarb also appears to bind neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Toxicity

Symptoms of an overdose typically include sluggishness, incoordination, difficulty in thinking, slowness of speech, faulty judgment, drowsiness or coma, shallow breathing, staggering, and in severe cases coma and death.

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