Sweetman, S. C. (Ed.). (2009). Martindale: The complete drug reference (36th ed.). Pharmaceutical Press. (Comprehensive reference detailing the chemistry, pharmacology, historical uses, and adverse effects of barbexaclone).
World Health Organization (WHO). (2003). Barbexaclone (INN). WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter, No. 3. (Confirms its status and provides regulatory context).
United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). (2003). List of Psychotropic Substances under International Control (Green List). (Lists barbexaclone in Schedule IV of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971).
Hardman, J. G., Limbird, L. E., & Gilman, A. G. (Eds.). (2001). Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill. (Authoritative textbook covering the pharmacology, therapeutic uses, and risks of barbiturates as a class, providing context for barbexaclone).
Löscher, W., & Schmidt, D. (2011). Modern antiepileptic drug development has failed to deliver: Ways out of the current dilemma. Epilepsia, 52(4), 657–678. (Discusses the evolution of AEDs, highlighting why older drugs like barbiturates are no longer first-line).
Baldwin, D. S., Anderson, I. M., Nutt, D. J., Bandelow, B., Bond, A., Davidson, J. R. T., ... & Wittchen, H. U. (2014). Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A revision of the 2005 guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 28(5), 403–439. (Modern guidelines demonstrating benzodiazepines are second-line and barbiturates are not recommended for anxiety).
Schutte-Rodin, S., Broch, L., Buysse, D., Dorsey, C., & Sateia, M. (2008). Clinical guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic insomnia in adults. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 4(5), 487–504. (Guidelines favoring non-benzodiazepine hypnotics and CBT over barbiturates for insomnia).
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). (2012). The epilepsies: The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care (CG137). (Guidelines recommending newer AEDs over older drugs like phenobarbital/barbiturates where possible).
Lexicomp Online®, Hudson, Ohio: Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information, Inc. [Accessed via institutional subscription]. (Provides standardized, referenced drug monographs including historical data and safety profiles). [Note: While an online resource, Lexicomp is a highly authoritative and widely used reference in clinical practice, compiled from primary literature and official labeling, distinct from consumer health websites].
Moffat, A. C., Osselton, M. D., Widdop, B., & Watts, J. (Eds.). (2011). Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons (4th ed.). Pharmaceutical Press. (Reference work detailing analytical and toxicological aspects, confirming its status and risks).