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Alcohol is central nervous system depressant. Barbiturates are central nervous system depressants. When take together in large doses they can kill a person. Their CNS will become so depressed it will stop telling them to breathe.
Built in defense mechanisms:
The first thing your body will do is vomit trying to keep you from putting more alcohol into your body. If that doesn't work and you keep drinking you will pass out. If you have chugged alcohol it might continue to be absorbed into your body after loss of consciousness. This can result in death.
Barbituates are dangerous because you can circumvent the vomitting with alcohol and go straight to loss of consciousness and death.
This is one reason benzodiazepines were invented. Much harder to over dose on
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Does Withdrawal from barbiturates and alcohol carry a greater risk of death?
Alcohol
Is alcohol a barbiturate?
Actually, yes they can be considered a barbiturate. Barbiturates are depressants that affect the central nervous system - guess what alcohol does...?
Reasons for using barbiturates and alcohol?
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What are the example of barbiturates?
Barbiturates are drugs that slow down your central nervous system, such as alcohol. Other well known barbiturates are sedatives and benzodiazephine.
What are Alcohol and barbiturates are categorized as?
Alcohol and barbiturates are both depressants. A depressant is a drug that lowers neurotransmission levels in various areas of the brain.
In combination with alcohol do barbiturates have the potential for severe impairment?
Yes, combining barbiturates with alcohol can lead to severe central nervous system depression, causing symptoms like extreme drowsiness, slow breathing, and loss of consciousness. This combination can be life-threatening as it increases the risk of overdose and other serious side effects. It is important to avoid mixing barbiturates with alcohol or any other substances unless prescribed by a healthcare provider.
In combination with alcohol barbiturates do not have the potential for severe impairment?
It is never safe to take central nervous system depressants like alcohol and barbiturates in combination. The complications can be severe, and even fatal.
When alcohol and barbiturates are ingested they are absorbed from the gi tract and transported first to?
liver
Withdrawal from barbiturates and alcohol have a greater risk of death true or false?
True
When alcohol and barbiturates are ingested and absorbed from the GI tract what organ is the first to receive them?
Liver
When alcohol and barbiturates are ingested they are absorbed from the GI tract and transported first to the?
to the brain
Is it true that you cannot overdose on alcohol or alcohol in combination with other substances?
It is called Alcohol Poisoning. People die from it each year. Especially dangerous when combined with barbiturates.
