| Alcohol itself is a depressant, therefore combining it with a barbiturate can depress the nervous system to such an extent that it ceases functioning altogether. |
| If Nozinan is administered with a barbiturate or narcotic, the doses of the latter must be reduced by at least one-half. |
| The withdrawal process must be carefully monitored because barbiturate or alcohol detoxification can be life-threatening. |
| Oklahoma turned to pentobarbital, another barbiturate, but this drug also became hard to locate. |
| A wheelchair-bound paraplegic in constant pain sipped, through a straw, some water containing the barbiturate. |
| Light anesthesia is induced using a short-acting barbiturate, usually methohexital IV followed by succinylcholine IV for muscle relaxation. |
