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Examples of barbiturates in a Sentence
Barbiturates are capable of producing all levels of CNS mood alteration, from excitation to mild sedation, hypnosis and deep coma.
The animal experimentation involved in Cold Buster's development included rats being frozen, starved, and injected with drugs, including barbiturates.
Withdrawal symptoms occur in infants born to women who receive barbiturates during the last trimester of pregnancy.
It has stronger anticonvulsant properties than most other barbiturates, and may be preferentially concentrated in metabolically active epileptic foci.
In general, an oral dose of 1g of most barbiturates produces serious poisoning in an adult.
Additional research was conducted at Aushwitz, using a range of chemicals including various barbiturates and morphine derivatives.
Increased hostility and aggression after barbiturates and alcohol usually indicates intoxication.
The barbiturates are metabolized by the liver and the metabolites excreted in the urine and less commonly in the feces.
Barbiturates readily cross the placental barrier and are distributed throughout fetal tissues with highest concentrations in placenta, fetal liver and brain.
If used regularly, they can become addictive. * Barbiturates, including phenobarbital, bring feelings of calmness.
Infants that are physically dependent on barbiturates may be given phenobarbital, 3 to 10 mg/kg/day.
Lipid solubility of the barbiturates is the dominant factor in their distribution within the body.
While taking anticonvulsants, barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, antidepressants or medications for insomnia, you should not take valerian.
The withdrawal symptoms of valium are similar to those observed in an individual who is withdrawing from alcohol or other barbiturates.
Avoid using barbiturates when taking a Trazodone sleep aid.
Potential poisons in this category include anesthetics (e.g. ether and chloroform), opiates (e.g., morphine and codeine), and barbiturates.
Barbiturates were once widely used as sleeping pills and are still used in anesthesia for surgery.
Abrupt withdrawal from drugs or medications, including barbiturates and benzodiazepines, can also induce these sleep disturbances.
Intracranial pressure is monitored and, if elevated, is treated with drugs such as mannitol and barbiturates placing the patient on a ventilator so that hyperventilation can be used.
The official explanation was suicide via a lethal cocktail of alcohol and barbiturates, but Linda always maintained that Sally was either kidnapped or killed.
Even though Sally was supposed to have committed suicide by drinking vast amounts of alcohol and swallowing copious amounts of barbiturates, nothing was ever found at the apartment.
In 1969, Garland died of a drug overdose of barbiturates.