Methylphenobarbital (INN) also known as mephobarbital (USAN JAN) and mephobarbitone (BAN) marketed under brand names such as Mebaral Mephyltaletten Phemiton and Prominal is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative and is used primarily as an anticonvulsant but also as a sedative and anxiolytic. It is the N-methylated analogue of phenobarbital and has similar indications therapeutic value and tolerability.
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