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  • noun Plural form of barbiturate.

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Examples

  • Butalbital belongs to the group of medicines called barbiturates .

    Think Progress » Southern Conference: Howell’s Agenda 2005

  • Butalbital is in a class of drugs called barbiturates that slow down your central nervous system and cause relaxation.

    pyxopotamus Diary Entry pyxopotamus 2004

  • The barbiturates are the most favoured alternatives to heroin.

    Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999

  • To make a simple analogy, it is a bit like how one can get certain effects from alcoholic beverages when wide awake vs. when tired or stressed vs. in combination with other drugs such as barbiturates or anti-depressants.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Mikulski Slams EPA on Dispersants: "Gave Me Heartburn" 2010

  • To make a simple analogy, it is a bit like how one can get certain effects from alcoholic beverages when wide awake vs. when tired or stressed vs. in combination with other drugs such as barbiturates or anti-depressants.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Mikulski Slams EPA on Dispersants: "Gave Me Heartburn" 2010

  • To make a simple analogy, it is a bit like how one can get certain effects from alcoholic beverages when wide awake vs. when tired or stressed vs. in combination with other drugs such as barbiturates or anti-depressants.

    Georgianne Nienaber: Mikulski Slams EPA on Dispersants: "Gave Me Heartburn" Georgianne Nienaber 2010

  • In physician-assisted suicide a doctor supplies a death-causing means, such as barbiturates, but the patient performs the act that brings about death.

    Whose Right to Die? 1997

  • In physician-assisted suicide a doctor supplies a death-causing means, such as barbiturates, but the patient performs the act that brings about death.

    Whose Right to Die? 1997

  • In physician-assisted suicide a doctor supplies a death-causing means, such as barbiturates, but the patient performs the act that brings about death.

    Whose Right to Die? 1997

  • Africa - alcoholic beverages of unsuspecting people were being laced with hypnotic drugs such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

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