What is Fenobarbital?
Fenobarbital from the medical drug has a sedative and anti-conventional effect. The drug is prescribed for people who have problems with sleep, for those suffering from anxiety and control epileptic seizures. It is available as an oral medicine.
Fenobarbital affects the central nervous system and therefore affects the level of anxiety. At low doses, the drug produces drowsiness and slows the movement of the body. It can also produce a hypnotic condition in a person who takes it. At higher doses, the drug causes the body sleep, but this type of sleep differs from normal sleep. Fenobarbital may take an hour for the effect, but the effects can last for 12 hours. Fenobarbital has the longest effects from the whole group of barbiturate drugs.
The drug is available as a capsule, tablet or liquid that is sometimes known as an elixir. A typical drug regime involves taking a dose one to three times a day. Medicines may have habits, despite the probability that the beneficial effects of the drug can reduce over time.
people who take FEnobarbital should carefully follow the instructions of the doctor when checking epileptic seizures. If an epileptic patient finds that his seizures are not properly inspected, the physician may increase the dose of the drug. All barbiturates have anti -vulzive properties, but only phenobarbital, metharbital and mephobarbital have these beneficial effects at low doses.
The drug is only a temporary solution of insomnia and should only be used for two weeks. After this time, the drug could become less effective in promoting sleep. Even during a two -week regime, phenobarbital does not allow patients to fall into the natural sleep cycle. Dream parts of the sleep cycle usually decrease. Some patients could find that they experience more nightmares or insomnia than before.
The side effects of the drug include stomach problems, headaches and dizziness. Mild side effects include bad dreams, constipation and pain ine muscles or joints. Severe side effects that are the reason for the patient to immediately alert their doctor to an allergic reaction, bleeding episodes and seizures. Overdose with a phenobarbital can be fatal.
pregnant or breastfeeding women and people who had previously had organ diseases or anemia should ask their doctor before accepting the phenobarbital. The drowsiness produced by the drug may impair the effects of other drugs, including common painkillers such as acetaminophene, antidepressants or even vitamins. Someone who uses the drug should be careful to operate heavy machines or driving until it is known how the drug affects it. The drug can also disrupt oral contraceptives.