- ****isted suicide.
Barbiturates, such as phenobarbital, were long used as
anxiolytics and hypnotics. Intermediate-acting
barbiturates reduce time to fall...
-
Barbiturate overdose is
poisoning due to
excessive doses of
barbiturates.
Symptoms typically include difficulty thinking, poor coordination, decreased...
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Barbiturate dependence develops with
regular use of
barbiturates. This in turn may lead to a need for
increasing doses of the drug to get the original...
- condition, the
barbiturates are
withdrawn gradually and the
patient regains consciousness.
Controversy exists over the
benefits of
using barbiturates to control...
- in overdose. However,
barbiturates are
still used in
general anesthesia, for epilepsy, and for ****isted suicide.
Barbiturates are
derivatives of barbituric...
-
Acute intermittent porphyria, hy****nsitivity to any
barbiturate,
prior dependence on
barbiturates,
severe respiratory insufficiency (as with
chronic obstructive...
- years, many
other barbiturates were
developed and
found use as sedatives,
sleep aids and
general anesthetics.
Although barbiturates fell out of favor...
- the (side)
effects of
barbiturates. The
GABAA receptor is an
inhibitory channel that
decreases neuronal activity, and
barbiturates enhance the inhibitory...
-
pentobarbital sodium followed by a
saline flush. Like
other barbiturates,
pentobarbital binds to the
barbiturate-binding site on the GABA-A receptor. This action...
- insomnia.
Barbiturates are
commonly used in epilepsy,
acute migraines,
general anesthesia, and ****isted suicide.
Examples of
barbiturates are phenobarbital...
