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 Barbiturates increase the duration of Cl channel opening thus
decrease neuron firing

Effects

Effects will be same as benzodiazepines except muscle relaxant
effects

S  sedation (Sedation at lower doses to anaesthesia at higher

doses)

C  anti-Convulsants

A  anxiolysis and hypnosis

Other uses

 Physician assisted suicide

 Capital punishment by lethal injection

 Na-Pentothal truth serum

 Weak analgesia

Side effects

 Children are annoying (hyperkinesia + irritability + Insomnia +
Aggression)

 Adults are sleepy (Sedation Dizziness and Drowsiness)

 Or you can use same side effects here ABCDE. Benzodiazepines
and Barbiturates have similar effects.

Contraindications

 Pregnant women  foetus

 Babies  see side effects

 Aged person  difficult to remove from body
Contents  Breast feeding  can came in Breast milk

Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman