The Difficulties Of Breaking An Addiction To Barbiturates

Many millions of Americans suffer from problems sleeping or insomnia. And many of those sufferers have reached out to the medical profession for medications that will help them get more sleep. In the short term, a sleeping pill may be just what you need, however, it's important to know exactly what is you've been prescribed, the side effects that it has, and the long-term addiction problems that other people have incurred.  Just knowing the possible side effects of a particular medication that you've been prescribed, can assist you in being a aware of those problems if they occur and avoid them for yourself.

There are quite a few different sleep medications on the market , some work by depressing your central nervous system, like the barbiturates Seconal and Nembutal. Another class of medications work by reducing anxiety which help make people drowsy. The one thing that all sleep medications tend to have in common is that they are very addictive and habit-forming. In other words, if there's any way you can incorporate exercise into your daily routine and alleviate the need for any kind of sleep medication, that would be the best thing to do.

One of the problems with barbiturates is that they stay in your system quite a long time even though they are no  longer effective enough to do what they were originally prescribed for. The barbiturates Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital, and amytal usually stay in your system for up to three days. The second problem, especially with barbiturates, is that they react with  alcohol to have a multiplying effect, even 2 to 3 days later. When you look over history it's easy to find thousands of people that have died, or been sent to the hospital, because they  mixed alcohol with barbiturates.

 Breaking a drug habit that involves barbiturates can be a difficult task.   Because of the dangers in mixing alcohol with these drugs it's recommended  to completely detox your system before taking a drink. In most cases it's advisable to talk to a medical professional, and enroll in a clinic,  in order to break the addiction to barbiturates.