Posted by paulbwell on February 15, 2006, at 6:01:26
In reply to Re: ie there anything stronger that restoril for s » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on February 14, 2006, at 15:58:24
> Hi Jay
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> >I dont know why they're still widely used in the UK other than they're cheap.
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> They're not :) What made you think they were?! Seconal is more expensive than Ambien in the UK. Ambien is pretty cheap here, but not as cheap as zopiclone or temazepam.
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> Barbiturate hypnotics do have their uses, especially for a few days (nights) in hospitalised psych patients when other drugs haven't worked. Seconal Sodium has the advantage of inducing sleep/sedation in as little as 10 minutes.
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> Regards
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> EdSeconal was called "the gift of sleep" when advertised in the 1950's and was/is exactually that. It is a VERY effective sleep aid to thoes who are strung out, or very ill, and despite the tremoundous attacks on Barbs for desperaturate sleep sufferers, they are a very effective measure, when all else fails. I'v had more than 1 person report that taking Nembutal (Pentobarbitual) gave them the best sleep in memory-no small matter when YOU SIMPLY CANNOT GET TO SLEEP.
As a person who takes stimulants a stimulant med to treat a medical condition, Diazepam often isn't enought, this is where Diphenhidramine comes in, or a few Vokka's+Diazepam, I SIMPLY MUST GET SOME SLEEP.
I really feel that the Babiturates dangers, which my nan took for many years, (very successfully) are over dramatised, when they are required for sever cases where the lesser potency, benzo-class doesn't work.
Cheers
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