Assertion: barbiturate | /r/HasProperty | popularized as treatment
Facets:
value: for epileptic seizures
type: PURPOSE
value: for insomnia
type: PURPOSE
value: for anxiety
type: PURPOSE
value: during the 1970s
type: TEMPORAL
value: to sedate patients
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Barbiturates are powerful prescription medications that belong to the sedative-hypnotic class of drugs, and were first developed in the late 1890s and popularized during the 1970s as a treatment for epileptic seizures, insomnia and anxiety as well as to sedate patients prior to medical procedures.