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How does a barbiturate work?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Barbitturates communly known as CNS depressants, they show their action by stimulation the inhibitory pathway in CNS i.e they stimulate GABA (gamma Aminobutyric acid) there by decreasing the excitation of Cns and causes sedation or hypnosis.

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15y ago

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