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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, an overdose of barbiturates can severely depress the central nervous system and lead to death.
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Certain mixtures of drugs can be deadly, for example, alcohol plus barbiturates.
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Drugs such as anticoagulants, antacids, barbiturates, alcohol and tobacco may increase the likelihood of the condition developing.
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However, anyone tolerant to barbiturates, alcohol, and other general central nervous system depressants show some cross-tolerance to benzodiazepines.
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Once the first line of treatment for insomnia, barbiturates have now been almost completely abandoned for this use.
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She died at age 44, with barbiturates in her blood and a plastic bag over her head.
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The cause of death was given as a combined overdose of barbiturates and alcohol.
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This finding is consistent with other reports showing that restitution of the damaged mucosa takes place in barbiturate anaesthetised rats.