Sodium
pentothal is an extremely fast-acting barbiturate whose generic name is thiopental sodium. It is a central nervous system depressant that, when injected into the bloodstream,
rapidly produces deep
sleep from which arousal also occurs rapidly.
Sodium pentothal is
used most commonly to put patients to sleep for surgical operations or dental work. It has also been used, however, to produce a kind of chemical trance during which suppressed memories may be recalled or psychotherapeutic suggestions reinforcedÑhence its popular, inaccurate name, "truth serum."
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