Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Barbiturates are a type of drug that slows down brain activity. Barbiturates have been used for several conditions, including insomnia, anxiety, muscle spasms, ...

Survival was more common in those who responded compared with those who did not respond to high-dose barbiturates, although this did not reach statistical significance (relative risk of death 0.2 ...

THE results of an investigation of the application of paper chromatography to the identification of the common barbiturates were recently reported by this laboratory. 1 If a barbiturate is found ...

(HealthDay)—Many people with migraines, including children, get ineffective and potentially addictive drugs for their pain, two new studies suggest.

BARBITURATES isolated from biological fluids and tissues are not sufficiently pure for characterization by crystal tests. Purification and separation, if one or more barbiturates are present in ...

IN Great Britain the most common poisons at the present time are the 5 : 5′ disubstituted barbiturates. The longer-acting barbiturates, barbitone and phenobarbitone, can accumulate in the body ...

Washington, DC — Inappropriate prescribing of opioids and barbiturates for the treatment of migraine is common, a new study suggests.. The study is the first to examine recent statistics on ...