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PATIENT INFORMATION

Practitioners should give the following information and instructions to patients receiving barbiturates.

  1. The use of barbiturates carries with it an associated risk of psychological and/or physical dependence. The patient should be warned against increasing the dose of the drug without consulting a physician.
  2. Barbiturates may impair mental and/or physical abilities required for the performance of potentially hazardous tasks. (e.g., driving, operating machinery, etc.)
  3. Alcohol should not be consumed while taking barbiturates. Concurrent use of the barbiturates with other CNS depressants (e.g., alcohol, narcotics, tranquilizers, and antihistamines) may result in additional CNS depressant effects.
Brand Name: Mebaral
Generic Name: Mephobarbital

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