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 retrospective ...

Valium and other modern tranquilizers largely replaced barbiturate drugs 30 years ago. However, barbiturates are still detectable among the pharmaceutical and personal care products that wind up in ...

Latest prescription information about Barbiturates. Learn how to pronounce the drug's name, its indications, dosage, how to take, when to take, when not to take, side effects, special precautions, its ...

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 opioid and ...

Barbiturates may have been abandoned as sedatives and tranquillizers due to their high abuse and dependence potential and risk of side effects, but they continue to hold an important place in ...

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 ...

November 17, 2008 – (Bronx, NY) – A team of researchers led by investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has determined that certain commonly-prescribed ...

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 ...

For those who have already watched Nicole Kidman's latest television odyssey, The Perfect Couple, which premiered with six episodes on September 5, 2024, there may already be some burning questions ...

Helium and barbiturates contributed to more deaths last year than ecstasy, cannabis, mephedrone and GHB, statistics have revealed. Deaths where barbiturates, a type of depressant, were implicated rose ...