Thiopental

Thiopental

Clinical data
Drug class	Sedative hypnotic
Uses	Induction of anesthesia
Dosage
Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of action	GABAA agonism
Pharmacokinetics
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Barbiturate

Uses

Originally was the most common induction agent prior to the introduction of propofol. Thiopental fell out of favor due to it's long context-sensitive half time, which made it difficult to properly time efficient emergence from anesthesia.