Question of the Day

Use phenobarbital to stop ongoing seizure activity and as a maintenance anticonvulsant in dogs/cats with epilepsy.

The listed drugs are all barbiturates, but only phenobarbital is used in the standard Tx of seizure disorders.

Methohexital and thiopental were previously used as anesthetic induction agents, but are not available in the USA anymore. Pentobarbital and secobarbital are used primarily as euthanasia agents.