Barbiturates were first used in 1903. They are derivatives of the chemical molecule barbituric acid. There are over 2000 derivatives of barbituric acid that have been used in medicine. It was in 1912 ...

Barbiturates are synthetic drugs used in medicine to depress the central nervous system (CNS). The effects of barbiturates range from mild sedation to coma, with their indications ranging from ...

Barbiturates are a kind of depressant or sedative drug. They are an old class of drug used to relax the body and help people sleep. These drugs were first developed in the late 19th century. Use of ...

Barbiturate use among migraine patients significantly decreased after initiating treatment with rimegepant, a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonist used for migraine treatment and ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] The patients were 4 adult females, twenty to forty years old, admitted to the Los Angeles County Hospital with acute ...

The rapid and accurate quantitation of barbiturates in blood and tissue has been made feasible in the past three years by the development of methods utilizing the ultraviolet spectrophotometer. 1, 2 ...

What do late rapper Tupac Shakur, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, comedian Gallagher and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have in common? All three have been put into a medically induced ...

A young bald eagle will be released into the wild after making a full recovery from barbiturate poisoning. The eagle was found on the side of a road on Sept. 8 and rescued by Skegemog Raptor Center.

IN a previous communication 1, we reported the discovery of the antagonism which certain substances exhibited towards morphine but not towards barbiturates. One of these substances was 2-4 diamino 5 ...

Extract: Glucuronide conjugation of bilirubin in mammalian liver is catalyzed by the microsomal enzyme uriding phosphoglucuronyltransefrasc (UDPGT). Enzymic activity as measured in vitro is low in the ...

There is no home treatment for barbiturate misuse. If you believe someone has taken barbiturates inappropriately, take them to the hospital for evaluation by a doctor. An overdose of barbiturates can ...