Benzodiazepines barbiturates and

Barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and GHB affect the activity of the neurotransmitter GABA, resulting in more chloride ions entering the neuron and making it more resistant to excitation. As a consequence, the output of excitatory neurotransmitters, including norepinephrine (noradrenaline), serotonin, and dopamine, is reduced. 

It is best to avoid concomitant use of ivermectin and other drugs that enhance GABA activity, eg, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and valproic acid. Ivermectin should not be used during pregnancy. Safety in children younger than 5 years has not been established. 

Some of the more frequently abused drugs are listed here. Agents such as cocaine and the psychedelics are illicit drugs with no major pharmacotherapeutic value. Other drugs such as barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and opioids are routinely used for therapeutic reasons but... 

Now test for the five main drug classes that are federally mandated and include at least marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, opiates, methamphetamine, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and PCP... 

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Sedative-hypnotic drugs and anxiolytic drugs are CNS depressants that are used medically to reduce anxiety and/or induce sleep. They may also be used as anticonvulsants. Phenobarbital, for example, is often the maintenance drug of choice for seizure-prone individuals. In general, the sedative-hypnotic family of drugs includes alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and such barbiturate-like drugs as chloral hydrate, glutethi-mide, meprobamate, and methaqualone. 

The main depressant drugs (barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and alcohol) all act by vastly different physiological mechanisms and affect different areas of the bodv. 

Tricyclic drug interactions (Table 30-3) include additive depression of the CNS with other central depressants, including ethanol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and opioids. Tricyclics may also cause reversal of the antih)pertensive action of guanethidine by blocking its transport into sympathetic nerve endings. Less commonly, tricyclics may interfere with the antihypertensive actions of methylnorepinephrine (the active metabolite of methyl-dopa) and clonidine. 

Caution is advised during use of barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and other sedative drugs, as valerian has been speculated to potentiate the effects of some sedatives (Brinker... 

Polar adsorbents, especially silica, are widely used for the separation of alkaloids and basic drugs, such as barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and other pyridine and quinoline derivatives. Because of strong interactions of basic nitrogen with surface silanols, solvents with high eluent strength are used as mobile phases. In a review ... 

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