Barbiturates are synthetic drugs used in medicine to depress the central nervous system (CNS). The effects of barbiturates range from mild sedation to coma, with their indications ranging from ...

Barbiturates are a kind of depressant or sedative drug. They are an old class of drug used to relax the body and help people sleep. These drugs were first developed in the late 19th century. Use of ...

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 ...