| 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. |
| Pentobarbital, a short-acting barbiturate, has also been used for pre-medication in anaesthesia. |
| If Nozinan is administered with a barbiturate or narcotic, the doses of the latter must be reduced by at least one-half. |
| The third measure, polydrug use, is the sum of hallucinogen, amphetamine, barbiturate, cocaine, and heroin use. |
| Gastric lavage soon after the drug is ingested may remove a sufficient amount of the barbiturate to allow recovery. |
| In the early 1940s, it became customary to anaesthetize patients with barbiturate injections. |
