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    Barbiturates are a class of depressant drugs that are chemically derived from barbituric acid. They are effective when used medically as anxiolytics, hypnotics...
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    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...
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  • An induced coma – also known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced coma – is a temporary coma (a deep state of...
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    Tuinal (category Barbiturates)
    was the brand name of a discontinued combination drug composed of two barbiturate sodium salts (secobarbital and amobarbital) in equal proportions. Tuinal...
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    Phenobarbital (category Barbiturates)
    sold under the brand name Luminal among others, is a medication of the barbiturate type. It is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the...
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  • tension headaches and migraine headaches. It contains butalbital, a barbiturate and paracetamol (acetaminophen), an analgesic. Versions also containing...
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  • Pentobarbital (category Barbiturates)
    Pentobarbital (US) or pentobarbitone (British and Australian) is a short-acting barbiturate typically used as a sedative, a preanesthetic, and to control convulsions...
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    thiopentone, or Trapanal (also a trademark), is a rapid-onset short-acting barbiturate general anesthetic. It is the thiobarbiturate analog of pentobarbital...
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  • Barbituric acid (category Barbiturates)
    odorless powder soluble in water. Barbituric acid is the parent compound of barbiturate drugs, although barbituric acid itself is not pharmacologically active...
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    Secobarbital (category Barbiturates)
    Secobarbital, sold under the brand name Seconal among others, is a short-acting barbiturate drug originally used for the treatment of insomnia. It was patented by...
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    the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing...
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    treatment of insomnia. Examples of somnifacients include benzodiazepines, barbiturates and antihistamines. Around 2-6% of adults with insomnia use somnifacients...
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    through cardiac or respiratory arrest. Methaqualone overdose resembles barbiturate poisoning, but with increased motor difficulties and a lower incidence...
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    Primidone, sold under various brand names (including Mysoline), is a barbiturate medication that is used to treat partial and generalized seizures and...
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    drugs are known to be stimulants. See also Antipsychotic controversy Barbiturates Amobarbital Benzylbutylbarbiturate Butalbital (Fioricet) Pentobarbital...
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    Diberal (category Convulsant barbiturates)
    atypical barbiturate. This compound can be either convulsant or anticonvulsant depending on which enantiomer is used. Diberal, unlike most barbiturates, can...
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    CHEB (category Convulsant barbiturates)
    convulsant barbiturate. Its mechanism of action is not fully understood. CHEB has uncommon action compared to other barbiturates. While other barbiturates such...
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    Dexamyl (category Barbiturates)
    dextroamphetamine, to elevate mood and suppress appetite, whereas the concomitant barbiturate was included to broadly counteract potential adverse effects from dextroamphetamine...
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    (Valium) and alprazolam (Xanax), Z-drugs such as zolpidem (Ambien) and the barbiturate drugs. The GABAA receptors have historically been a target of drug treatment...
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  • Desbutal (category Barbiturates)
    30 mg pentobarbital sodium (Nembutal); a substituted amphetamine and a barbiturate combined within the same pill. Desbutal was marketed as an antidepressant...
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    Judy Garland (category Barbiturates-related deaths)
    disorder involving both drugs and alcohol; she died from an accidental barbiturate overdose in 1969, at age 47. In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded...
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    health was in serious decline. Twice during the year he overdosed on barbiturates, spending three days in a coma in his hotel suite after the first incident...
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    in overdose. However, barbiturates are still used in general anesthesia, for epilepsy, and for assisted suicide. Barbiturates are derivatives of barbituric...
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    Lupe Vélez (category Barbiturates-related deaths)
    Vélez died at age 36 in December 1944 of an intentional overdose of the barbiturate drug Seconal. Her death and the circumstances surrounding it were the...
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  • that his smartwatch proves he was in bed at 2:30 a.m., hours before the barbiturates could have entered her system. Flashbacks show that shortly before Merritt's...
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    Secobarbital/brallobarbital/hydroxyzine Combination of Brallobarbital Barbiturate Secobarbital Barbiturate Hydroxyzine Antihistamine Clinical data Trade names Vesparax...
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    stomach problems and other ailments. He regularly consumed amphetamine, barbiturates, opiates, and cocaine, as well as potassium bromide and atropa belladonna...
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  • Stewart and Cyril Marcus (category Barbiturates-related deaths)
    possible suicide pact. It was first assumed that the brothers had died of barbiturate withdrawal, but the final report excluded this (the original toxicological...
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    and anticonvulsant, having the same mechanism of action as traditional barbiturates. It is also rarely used for the management of agitation, restlessness...
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