Barbiturates are technically narcotics because they share common effects with the narcotics.
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No. Valium contains Diazepam, which is a benzodiazepine. Meprobamate is a carbamate derivative, which shares many of the same effects as barbiturates. Both are used as an anxiolytic.
Yes, it does. Fentanyl is a narcotic opiate. Standard drugs screen test for Opiates, Barbiturates, Benzodiazapines, and THC levels.
In no way is cannabis considered a barbiturate. It is a psychotropic, merely a mood enhancer, which is felt by the receptors in the cells that are binding with the Delta-9-THC. Barbiturates, on the other hand, are central nervous system depressants, and cause effects of sedation and/or anesthesia (in larger quantity). Taking Cannabis does not suppress the central nervous system, merely it causes a state of relaxation that is felt mentally first, then physically second. Barbiturates are more similar in effect to ethanol (consumable alcohol) and bares no relation with Cannabis, which does not metabolize at the same rate as a barbiturate, nor do they share similar effects of addiction, as Barbiturates are an addiction that can kill human beings even after surviving an overdose or heading to the withdrawal phase. Cannabis has never, in the history of western medical science, caused an overdose that resulted in death.
Barbiturates are usually swallowed but sometimes barbiturates are injected and this can be extremely dangerous. =)
Methadone is a synthetic opioid used as a replacement therapy and or for pain management. Barbiturates are sedatives that are for the most part no longer prescribed. Because barbiturates increases (potentiate) CYP 3A4 liver enzymes (the primary enzyme that metabolizes methadone), the combination of the two can result in rapid metabolism of methadone and put an individual who is on a stable methadone dose into withdrawal.
Barbituates is a misspelling of barbiturates.
Barbiturates are available only with a physician's prescription
Barbituric acid is the common chemical component of barbiturates.
Barbiturates are highly addictive.
No, barbiturates are a completely different class of drugs.
Barbiturates are drugs that slow down your central nervous system, such as alcohol. Other well known barbiturates are sedatives and benzodiazephine.