Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Health > Medication and Drugs > How do barbiturates work?

How do barbiturates work?

In: Medication and Drugs, Surgery and Hospitalization, Xanax [Edit categories]

Answer:

Answer

Barbiturates work by depressing (slowing down) the activity of nerves, muscles, heart tissue, and the brain. They are part of a class of drugs called the sedative-hypnotics, which can alter a person's mood and are generally prescribed for relaxation and sleep

First answer by ID2034853031. Last edit by ID2034853031. Question popularity: 22 [recommend question].

[report abuse]

Can you answer these Medication and Drugs questions?

	Does niacin clean system of coke?	Answer it!
	What is the drug dose BoW mean?	Answer it!
	What if your toddler swallowed a water pill?	Answer it!
	Are millers antibiotic resistant bugs?	Answer it!
	What type of pathogen do antibiotics kill?	Answer it!

Relevant answers:

How does a barbiturate work?
Barbitturates communly known as CNS depressants, they show their action by stimulation the inhibitory pathway in CNS i.e they stimulate GABA (gamma Aminobutyric acid) there by decreasing the...
Were does SpongeBob work and if he has a work were does he work?
He Works At The Krusty Krab At Bikini Bottom, Ehe I Know This Cause Im His Mum (:
Why is it that you work how you work?
Because everyone is doing something, and even when you are doing nothing you are still doing something. Even in changing the way you work, the new way will still be how you work, and therefore you...