Barbiturates

A barbiturate is a drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant. Barbiturates are effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, but have physical and psychological addiction potential as well as overdose potential among other possible adverse effects. They have largely been replaced by benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines ("Z-drugs") in routine medical practice, particularly in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia, due to the significantly lower risk of addiction and overdose and the lack of an antidote for barbiturate overdose. Despite this, barbiturates are still in use for various purposes: in general anesthesia, epilepsy, treatment of acute migraines or cluster headaches, …

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INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 13 December 2023

Méthodologie – veille scientifique drogues et médicaments Version : 2023-11-30 Concepts et mots-clés Concept 1 : Concept 2 : Concept 3 : Drogues et médicaments Mésusage (cherché Interventions de au …

Agents • Antipsychotic Agents • Anticonvulsants • Barbiturates • Cholinergic Antagonists • Dextromethorphan "Anticonvulsants"[MH] OR barbiturat*[ti] OR "Barbiturates"[MH] OR anticholinergic*[ti] OR "Cholinergic


RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 8 December 2023 English

The Legal Context of Criminal Law 1.1 A Brief History of Canada’s Drug Laws In this section, we offer a brief history of Canada’s drug laws from the initial introduction …

anabolic steroids, diazepam, benzodiazepines and barbiturates, among others. See CDSA, supra note 40, at Schedules


RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 8 December 2023 French

• Plateforme de la société civile pour la décriminalisation des drogues La Plateforme de la société civile pour la décriminalisation des drogues, composée de représentants de plus de vingt organisations …

anabolic steroids, diazepam, benzodiazepines and barbiturates, among others. See CDSA, supra note 40, at Schedules


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 1 December 2023 English

All the World’s a Mall is a memorable, hallucinatory travel adventure to five of the biggest malls in the world.

eyes, I wonder if she’s floating in a cloud of barbiturates. How can you spend an entire day in a shopping


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 15 November 2023 English

(crowding or crowded or overcrowd* or gridlock* or boarded or boarding or overload* or over- load* or hallway* or code black* or handover* or hand-over* or offload* or off-load* or …

2021;40():37-40. Martin K, Katz A. The Role of Barbiturates for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. Not systematic


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 29 September 2023 English

Transplantation minimum data set for the Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation Data System (CanODT).

(bennies), stimulants (uppers), benzodiazepines/barbiturates (downers), speed, ecstasy, anabolic steroids


CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 29 September 2023 English

Canadian We would like to respectfully acknowledge that much of the development of this Guideline for the Clinical Management of High-Risk Drinking and document occurred on the ancestral and unceded …

system (CNS) depressants (e.g., benzodiazepines, barbiturates), cocaine, other CNS stimulants (e.g., amphetamine CNS-depressant agents (e.g., opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates) or other licit or illicit substances • Recent non-medical use of Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, opioids) - Chronic, complex pain disorders with other “downers” like benzodiazepines or barbiturates, during the last 90 days? 8. Have you combined


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 6 September 2023

Mission To protect and advance the health, human rights, and dignity of people who use drugs by: ∙ abolishing criminal and other laws, policies, and practices that control, stigmatize, pathologize, …

dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Schedule IV includes barbiturates, benzodiazepines, steroids, and the psychedelic


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 26 July 2023 English

In 2020, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Special Purpose Committee on the Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs conceded that, “the application of the law is inconsistent across communities,”XII …

dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Schedule IV includes barbiturates, benzodiazepines, steroids, and the psychedelic


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 May 2023 English

As LSD moves towards the medical mainstream, it continues to evoke powerful memories of the psychedelic sixties and west coast counterculture. In this lively account, Chris Elcock follows a different …

amphetamines and ended it with alcohol and barbiturates.59 There, Miles Davis could sometimes be found


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