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intoxication, barbiturates, barbiturates, a type of depressant drug that causes, relaxation, sleepiness, in relatively low doses, barbiturates, alcohol have very similar clinical syndromes of intoxication, excessive, prolonged dosages of barbiturate drugs, phenobarbital, produce the following chronic symptoms, memory loss, irritability, changes in alertness, decreased interpersonal functioning, barbiturates, cause an acute overdose syndrome, is life-threatening, barbiturate abuse is still a major addiction problem, in the population, it has been partly replaced by addiction to other depressant drugs more commonly, benzodiazepines, though most people who take these medications, seizure disorders, pain syndromes, not abuse them, many abusers start by abusing medication, family members, symptoms of acute barbiturate intoxication include sluggishness, incoordination, difficulty in thinking, slowness of speech, faulty judgment, drowsiness, coma, shallow breathing, ataxic gait, staggering, physical exam, clinical history, sufficient to make the diagnosis, drug screens, urine, serum, detect barbiturates, up to 5 days after ingestion, additional blood tests, detect the level of respiratory depression, most overdoses of depressant medications, mixtures of drugs, commonly alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, opiates, heroin, oxycontin, users use a combination, of all 4 drugs, who take such combinations tend to be either new users who don't such combinations, a recipe, coma, death, experienced users who want to entirely blot out consciousness, second group is among the most difficult to treat, mixtures, the most common cause of death, an opiate-blocking drug, naloxone, narcan, treat overdose, an opiate was part, the mix, opiates, involved, naloxone, rapidly restore consciousness, breathing, no direct antidote to barbiturates, alcohol overdose, in such overdoses, respiration must be maintained by artificial means, drugs, removed, system, drugs, help speed the excretion, the barbiturate, barbiturate overdose, mixture overdose, death rate, 10%, higher, proper treatment is not readily given, barbiturates, prolonged coma, damage fetuses of pregnant women, someone has taken barbiturates, seems lethargic, has slowed breathing, someone has taken barbiturates, alcohol, opiates, benzodiazepine drugs, drugs together cause greater effects than each alone, than half of all overdose deaths result from drug mixtures, not take barbiturates, not exceed the, prescribed dose, never mix barbiturates, heroin, opiates, valium, benzodiazepines, alcohol of any kind.