Cosa provocano i barbiturici?
Cosa provocano i barbiturici?
I barbiturici costituiscono una classe di farmaci in grado di deprimere il sistema nervoso centrale. Possiedono proprietà ansiolitiche, ipnotiche, anticonvulsivanti, sedative e anestetiche.
Quali sono i barbiturici?
Oltre al barbital, capostipite della famiglia dei barbiturici, le molecole utilizzate più diffuse sono:
- amobarbital (ipnotico);
- butalbital (ipnotico);
- fenobarbital (anticonvulsivante);
- pentobarbital (ipnotico);
- secobarbital (ipnotico);
- tiopentale (anestetico).
What meds are considered barbiturates?
- Amobarbital (Amytal)
- Butalbital (Fiorinal,Fioricet)
- Butisol (Butabarbital sodium)
- Mephobarbital (Mebaral)
- Pentobarbital (Nembutal)
- Phenobarbital (Luminal)
- Secobarbital (Seconal)
- Tuinal
What are the most common barbiturates?
- The most common members of the barbiturate family are phenobarbital (Luminal)), pentobarbital (Nembutal), amobarbital (Amytal), secobarbital (Seconal), thiopental (Pentothal), methohexital (Brevital), and butalbital (component of Fiorinal and Fioricet). They exist in numerous formulations and strengths.
What are drugs classified as barbiturates?
- Barbiturates or barbituates are in the same classification as benzodiazepines (Valium, Librium and more) and act as depressants on the central nervous system, which basically means that barbiturates decrease excitability in the brain to produce a calming and sedative effect.
Why do people use barbiturates?
- A number of people use barbiturates as a means to stabilize the symptoms of other drugs, especially amphetamines like cocaine and methamphetamines. Those who abuse barbiturates often use them as a way to get high as the effects are similar to the buzz caused by alcohol consumption and intoxication.
