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Amytal Sodium (amobarbital sodium) is a classified as an intermediate acting barbiturate. Barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system (CNS) depressants. In subhypnotic doses, they are also used as anticonvulsants. Barbiturates are subject to control under the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Amytal Sodium is a schedule II controlled substance indicating a (comparatively) high potential for abuse, misuse, addiction, dependence, and diversion.
According to its official prescribing information Amytal Sodium is FDA approved as a "sedative, a hypnotic, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since it appears to lose its effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks, and as a preanaesthetic." It has also been commonly used off-label as an anticonvulsant, for use in narcoanalysis*; and has been used in diagnosis of schizophrenia and for catatonic, negativistic, and manic reactions, but generally has been replaced by other agents.
*Narcoanalysis (or narcosynthesis) is a psychiatric procedure rarly preformed anymore is a involves the intravenous administration of one or more psychotropic drugs (most commonly an intervinious barbiturate such as sodium pentothal amobarbital sodium) which (in nearly all forms of narcoanalysis) causes the patient to enter into a highly sedated hypnotic state. In this state, the patient expieriences a significant loss of inhibition and the patient is more likely to divulge information, which would usually not be revealed in the conscious state. He or she may also divulge all his fantasies, personal wishes, impulses, instinctual drive, illusions, delusions, conflicts, misinterpretations, and so on. This is a different way of using these type of drugs compared to the typically archaic (and normally ineffective) ideal of using them as a form of truth surm. Other drugs used in narcoanalysis include amphetamines, other stimulants, psychedelics, benzodiazepines, and belladonna alkaloids. Also narcoanalysis is often applied to using medication, typically lorazepam, when treating people who are catatonic or have other serious medical problems.
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Do they still manufacture sodium amytal?
Yes, sodium amytal is still manufactured for use as a sedative and anesthetic in medical procedures. However, its use is limited and closely monitored due to its high potential for abuse and addiction.
What is the drug that slows down the activity of the nervous system?
A drug that slows down the activity of the central nervous system is called a depressant. Examples of depressants are Xanax, Librium and Amytal.
What is the drug that slows down the activity of the central nervous system?
A drug that slows down the activity of the central nervous system is called a depressant. Examples of depressants are Xanax, Librium and Amytal.
What painkiller was Elvis Presley addicted to?
Elvis died of several drugs, not only one. He died of approximately 14 drugs but to name a few: Codeine, Morphine, Quaaludes, Valium, Diazepam, Placidyl, Amytal, Nembutal, Carbrital.
What are some examples of central nervous system depressants?
include a wide range of drugs such as alcohol, narcotics, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal), benzodiazepines (Ativan, Halcion, Librium, Valium, Xanax), chloral hydrate, and methaqualone (Quaaludes).
What are the various kinds of barbiturates?
Barbiturates are generally classified as ultra-short acting, short acting, intermediate acting, and long acting. Some trade and generic names: Amytal Sodium Butisol Sodium Luminal Nembutal Sodium Phenobarbital Seconal Sodium
Cause of death to actor Michael Ross Walker?
Michael Ross Walker died from an injection of propofol, the same drug that killed Michael Jackson two years later. His father, actor Robert Walker, died of an apparent allergic reaction to sodium amytal given by his psychiatrist.
What is sodium amytal?
Amytal Sodium (amobarbital sodium) is a classified as an intermediate acting barbiturate. Barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system (CNS) depressants. In subhypnotic doses, they are also used as anticonvulsants. Barbiturates are subject to control under the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Amytal Sodium is a schedule II controlled substance indicating a (comparatively) high potential for abuse, misuse, addiction, dependence, and diversion. According to its official prescribing information Amytal Sodium is FDA approved as a "sedative, a hypnotic, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since it appears to lose its effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks, and as a preanaesthetic." It has also been commonly used off-label as an anticonvulsant, for use in narcoanalysis*; and has been used in diagnosis of schizophrenia and for catatonic, negativistic, and manic reactions, but generally has been replaced by other agents. *Narcoanalysis (or narcosynthesis) is a psychiatric procedure rarly preformed anymore is a involves the intravenous administration of one or more psychotropic drugs (most commonly an intervinious barbiturate such as sodium pentothal amobarbital sodium) which (in nearly all forms of narcoanalysis) causes the patient to enter into a highly sedated hypnotic state. In this state, the patient expieriences a significant loss of inhibition and the patient is more likely to divulge information, which would usually not be revealed in the conscious state. He or she may also divulge all his fantasies, personal wishes, impulses, instinctual drive, illusions, delusions, conflicts, misinterpretations, and so on. This is a different way of using these type of drugs compared to the typically archaic (and normally ineffective) ideal of using them as a form of truth surm. Other drugs used in narcoanalysis include amphetamines, other stimulants, psychedelics, benzodiazepines, and belladonna alkaloids. Also narcoanalysis is often applied to using medication, typically lorazepam, when treating people who are catatonic or have other serious medical problems.
What are some six letter words with 1st letter A and 3rd letter Y and 5th letter A and 6th letter L?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern A-Y-AL. That is, six letter words with 1st letter A and 3rd letter Y and 5th letter A and 6th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: amytal
And illegal drug known as reds?
These are Barbiturates. Also known as Amytal, Downers, Nembutal, Phenobarbital, Red birds, Red devils, Seconal, Tuninal, Yellowjackets. They are pretty much like alcohol inebriation, but with greater euphoria and disinhibition. memory loss, greater impairment in judgment, paranoia and suicidal ideation. Sleepiness, slurred speech, decreased respiration. Tolerance develops quickly and you get a hell of a hangover.
Types of regulated drugs?
All legal drugs in the U.S.A. are regulated drugs. Anything that claims to treat or cure an illness or disease, or to alleviate symptoms that has F.D.A. approval. Examples: aspirin, Tylenol, penicillin, Adderall, synthetic hormones, Oxycontin, chemotherapy.
What are all barbiturates drugs?
"Barbiturates" refers to any chemical derivative of barbituric acid, and there are more than 2,500 of those that have been shown to be psychoactive. We are not going to list them here. The most commonly abused are amobarbital (Amytal), pentobarbital (Nembutal), and secobarbital (Seconal). A combination of amobarbital and secobarbital, called Tuinal, is also highly abused.
