When used in an emergency, sodium amobarbital should be administered IV.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

IV sodium amobarbital can be delivered fairly rapidly 100 mg/15 seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

She was restrained, sedated with IV sodium amobarbital, and hospitalized.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

A brief hospitalization is usually required, and IV sodium amobarbital is the treatment of choice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

Restraints or a show of force with a crisis team and initial sedation with sodium amobarbital are often required.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

Because of its rapid action and intermediate length of action, sodium amobarbital is the barbiturate of choice 281, 896.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

These patients can be temporarily disinhibited by sodium amobarbital 250 mg IM or an intermediate- or long-acting benzodiazepine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

Profound stupor associated with depression also responds to IV sodium amobarbital, thus permitting conversation between the patient and examiner, which often reveals depressive symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

As the patient is in an altered state of consciousness, psychological intervention is inappropriate; rapid restraint and sedation with diazepam (10-15 mg IV) or sodium amobarbital constitute the best treatment (998).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference

In one particularly interesting section, they discuss research on using neuroimaging to replace the Wada test - the procedure where the barbiturate drug sodium amobarbital is injected into the carotid artery to temporarily disable one hemisphere of the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Case Notes epilepsy special and Wada musings] Reference

Sodium amobarbital, intravenous IV, 62, 336, 430-431, 437, 444, 446, 447.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference