Examples of barbiturate in the following topics:
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- Barbiturates are effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, and also have an analgesic (painkiller) effect.
- In the late 1950s, it became clear that the social cost of barbiturates was beginning to outweigh the medical benefits, which sparked a serious search for a class of replacement drugs.
- Most people still using barbiturates today do so to prevent seizures or for relief of migraine symptoms.
- Barbiturates have been
largely replaced by benzodiazepines, because the latter have fewer side effects and less potential for lethal
overdoses.
- However, barbiturates are still used as anti-convulsants (e.g., phenobarbital, an anti-seizure medication), as sedatives (e.g., sodium thiopental), and analgesics
for cluster headaches and migraines (e.g., Fioricet).
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- Except in cases of acute intoxication, there is no loss of motor coordination or slurred speech, as occurs with many depressants such as alcohol or barbiturates.
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- It brought with it the use of opiates and barbiturates for the management of acute behavioral issues in patients.