Barbiturates slow down brain activity. In general, similar drugs to barbiturates are known as CNS depressants. Examples include opioids, alcohol, and benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines, for example ...

PATIENTS requiring a barbiturate with less prolonged action but of duration sufficient to maintain action for four to six hours generally should be given amobarbital (Amytal) or pentobarbital ...

Examples of depressants include sleeping pills ... Sometimes medications such as benzodiazepines or barbiturates that have been designed to slow brain activity in an attempt to treat anxiety ...

Objectives: To evaluate high-dose barbiturates as a second-tier therapy for pediatric refractory intracranial hypertension complicating severe traumatic brain injury. Design: This is a ...

Diazepam 5mg; per 5mL; wintergreen-spice flavor. Diazepam is a benzodiazepine that exerts anxiolytic, sedative, muscle-relaxant, anticonvulsant and amnestic effects. Most of these effects are ...