Posted by yxibow on February 17, 2006, at 2:55:04
In reply to Re: Secobarbitural Sodium! » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on February 16, 2006, at 13:00:44
> Hi J
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> >Barbiturates are dangerous in the hands of people who are extremely depressed, Ed. LD50 and comatose ranges are much closer, its far better to prescribe things like Restoril. But I know we disagree on this :)
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> I think you've misunderstood me. I wasn't recommending barbiturates for outpatients suffering from severe depression. I suggested that they might be useful for the short term treatment of severely anxious psych inpatients who were suffering from insomnia.Yes -- that would be the only situation that would occur here in the states, I assure you... doctors want to keep their DEA licences. Of course there are still backwater county hospitals who use "vitamin H" (haldol), but that's a horrible practice.
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> >.......its far better to prescribe things like Restoril
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> Yes. Barbiturates are not a first line treatment......not everyone responds to Restoril, Lunesta or Ambien.No.. not everybody does.. but they're all GABA related agents... so the patient may not respond to a reasonable dose of barbiturate either.
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> Kind regards
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> Ed
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