Desbutal
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Desbutal was a brand name drug by Abbott
containing 5 mg Desoxyn (Methamphetamine
Hydrochloride) and 30 mg Nembutal (Pentobarbital
Sodium); an amphetamine
combined with a barbiturate
in the same capsule.
It came in bottles of 100 and 1000, and is no longer marketed today.
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is an American-based global, diversified pharmaceuticals and health care products company. It has 90,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr....
containing 5 mg Desoxyn (Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
Hydrochloride) and 30 mg Nembutal (Pentobarbital
Pentobarbital
Pentobarbital is a short-acting barbiturate that was first synthesized in 1928. Pentobarbital is available as both a free acid and a sodium salt, the former of which is only slightly soluble in water and ethanol....
Sodium); an amphetamine
Amphetamine
Amphetamine or amfetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat,...
combined with a barbiturate
Barbiturate
Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia. They are also effective as anxiolytics, as hypnotics, and as anticonvulsants...
in the same capsule.
It came in bottles of 100 and 1000, and is no longer marketed today.
See also
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, another pharmaceutical drug containing an amphetamine and a barbiturate. - D-IXD-IXD-IX was a cocaine-based experimental drug cocktail developed by the Nazis in 1944 for military application. Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles without resting before they collapsed.Each tablet contained 5 mg of Oxycodone ,...
, an experimental drug containing methamphetamine, cocaine & oxycodone