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Phenobarbital vs Primidone - What's the difference?

phenobarbital | primidone |

As nouns the difference between phenobarbital and primidone

is that phenobarbital is a barbiturate drug used as a sedative while primidone is an anticonvulsant of the pyrimidinedione class whose active metabolites, phenobarbital and phenylethylmalonamide, are also anticonvulsants.

phenobarbital

English

Noun

(-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A barbiturate drug used as a sedative.

    • Synonyms

    *phenobarbitone *purple heart *sodium thiopental

    primidone

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia primidone)
  • An anticonvulsant of the pyrimidinedione class whose active metabolites, phenobarbital and phenylethylmalonamide, are also anticonvulsants.