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If you're suffering from barbiturates addiction, you need a barbiturates addiction treatment program NOW. Your addiction is taking over your life, hurting the people you love as well as yourself. You can feel its power over you, and you know it's time to break this bond, but you don’t know how. Recovery Connection® is here to help you – call 1-800-99-DETOX.
Barbiturates were first introduced for medical use in the early 1900s. More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized and at the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use. Today, about a dozen are in medical use. Barbiturates are a high risk for addiction because they produce a wide spectrum of central nervous system depression, from mild sedation to coma, and have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants. The primary differences among many of these products are how fast they produce an effect and how long those effects last. Barbiturates are classified as ultra-short, short, intermediate, and long-acting.
The ultra-short acting barbiturates produce anesthesia within about one minute after intravenous administration. Those in current medical use are:
- Schedule IV drug: methohexital (Brevital)
- Schedule III drugs: thiamyl (Surital) and thiopental (Pentothal)
Those suffering from barbiturates addiction prefer the Schedule II short-acting and intermediate-acting barbiturates that include:
- Amobarbital (Amyta)
- Pentobarbital (Nembutal)
- Secobarbital (Seconal)
- Tuinal (an amobarbital/secobarbital combination product)
Other short and intermediate-acting barbiturates are in Schedule III and include:
- Butalbital (Fiorina)
- Butabarbital (Butisol)
- Talbutal (Lotusate)
- Aprobarbital (Alurate)
After oral administration, the onset of action is from 15 to 40 minutes, and the effects last up to six hours. Barbiturates are primarily used for insomnia and preoperative sedation. Veterinarians use pentobarbital for anesthesia and euthanasia.
Long-acting barbiturates include phenobarbital (Luminal) and mephobarbital (Mebaral), both of which are in Schedule IV. Effects of these drugs are realized in about one hour and last for about 12 hours., These barbiturates are used primarily for daytime sedation and the treatment of seizure disorders.
If you believe you or someone you know is in need of barbiturates addiction treatment, or for immediate assistance finding a drug rehab center that specializes in barbiturates addiction detox treatment, please call Recovery Connection® now at 1-800-99–DETOX. Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Don't wait – GET HELP NOW!
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