Seconal

Barbiturates such as Seconal depress the nervous system, and were made famous in Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARINA JIMENEZ 2008

He swallowed Benzedrine every morning for twenty years, from 1938 onward, balancing its effect with the barbiturate Seconal when he wanted to sleep.

How we roll « 2009

But Fadiman, who died in 1999 at age 95, held with "neither the Benzedrine nor Seconal school"; he read Trollope simply for pleasure.

Extreme Book-Collecting Allison Hoover Bartlett 2010

The only thing that made morphine more attractive than Seconal was the fact that it is a common palliative drug for dying patients, while Seconal is a sleeping pill.

imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

I was still reeling from the abrupt interjection of Seconal into the conversation, the bald mention of death.

imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

Katherine Kenton watches her life flicker past in black and white, old reels of her as Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great, as she reads a Lillian Hellman script where Lillian carries an atom bomb to Iwo Jima and sucks on her Nembutal and Seconal, medication you definitely won't be needing if you carry on reading.

Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk 2010

She eventually augmented alcohol with various drugs, including Seconal, which Burton himself would use to steady himself during his frequent attempts to stop drinking.

Off-Stage Drama 2010

“Although not as quick and painless as Seconal,” my mother said.

imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

My mother had just joined the society, and someone in their Texas headquarters had suggested she approach Dr. Harmon to see if she was a good candidate for “self-deliverance,” as Humphry calls it, and, if so, to request a prescription for Seconal.

imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

Hidden behind those books, on a shelf just below eye level, are sixty tablets of Seconal, a potent sleeping aid.

imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010