Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Phenobarbital.
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- noun pharmacology A
barbiturate drug used as asedative .
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- noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
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Examples
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- Do not mix in the same syringe with barbiturates (thiopentone, phenobarbitone).
Chapter 4 1993
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- Avoid combination with erythromycin or phenobarbitone.
Chapter 4 1993
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- Do not mix phenobarbitone with other drugs in the same syringe.
Chapter 4 1993
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Most contain belladonna or something like it (atropine, hyoscyamine) and often phenobarbital (phenobarbitone).
Chapter 31 1993
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- Risk of increased sedation when combined with alcohol and other drugs that act on the central nervous system: diazepam (Valium (R)), phenobarbitone (Gardenal (R)) and chlorpromazine
Chapter 4 1993
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(Largactil (R)), phenobarbitone (Gardenal (R)) and chlorpheniramine
Chapter 4 1993
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The mice given phenobarbitone had decreased ambulation scores.
Chapter 7 1991
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Effects of D. stramonium extract on white albino mice as compared to d-amphetamine and phenobarbitone
Chapter 7 1991
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When an extract from the leaves was tested in laboratory mice versus phenobarbitone (a known depressant) its effect was found to be closer to that of amphetamine, i.e. behaving as a (CNS) stimulant.
Chapter 7 1991
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Since the main alkaloids of the extract are hyoscyamine and hyoscine, the expected results were that, the ambulation would have been decreased significantly, compared to that of amphetamine or similar to that of phenobarbitone, due to their sedative properties.
Chapter 7 1991
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