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long-acting barbiturate [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Medication
CONT

... long-acting barbiturates, which move slowly through the blood to the brain and hence are slow in taking effect but which produce a more profound and prolonged sleep because they are slow in passing through the kidney

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Médicaments
CONT

Les barbituriques d'action longue sont peu métabolisés et éliminés en grande partie par le rein (...). Cette élimination est lente (...). La période de début (...) est marquée par l'apparition de nausées (...) puis d'une somnolence progressive.

Spanish

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