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Posted by Michael D on December 11, 2002, at 12:45:34
What are they?
Why are there so few posts on this list about them?
Why are they not used so much anymore?
Ditto for Equanil, if you please.
Michael D
Posted by IsoM on December 11, 2002, at 15:01:54
In reply to Barbituates (and Equanil), posted by Michael D on December 11, 2002, at 12:45:34
Barbituates can be very sedating. Yes, they help with anxiety but at the expense of being alert & functional. BZDs do a much better job for most people. Also a person is much more likely to develop tolerance & addiction to barbituates than BZDs. They're still used when a person needs sedating after a very traumatic incidence.
Posted by BrittPark on December 11, 2002, at 15:33:30
In reply to Re: Barbituates (and Equanil) » Michael D, posted by IsoM on December 11, 2002, at 15:01:54
Another down side of Barbituates is there low therapeutic index. That is, the difference between a therapeutic dose of a barbituate and a lethal dose is small. Benzos have a very high therapeutic index. If you take 60 times your normal dose of a benzo you'll probably survive, not so with a Barbituate.
Britt
Posted by Aadika on December 11, 2002, at 15:43:48
In reply to Re: Barbituates (and Equanil), posted by BrittPark on December 11, 2002, at 15:33:30
Just thought I'd add that Equanil is actually a compound-drug of meprobamate (the classic tranquilizer; non-barbiturate) and aspirin. Miltown is meprobamate alone. It acts very similarly to barbiturates. However, if you've ever been prescribed Soma (carisoprodol) as a muscle-relaxer and found the anxiolytic effects of it to be better than those of the bzd's, you may like Miltown better-- Soma is metabolized very quickly to meprobamate in your body.
~ Aadika
Posted by Aadika on December 11, 2002, at 15:46:30
In reply to Re: Barbituates (and Equanil), posted by Aadika on December 11, 2002, at 15:43:48
I was thinking of Equagesic-- Equanil IS meprobamate.
~ Aadika
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