Assertion: barbiturate | /r/ObjectUse | used as anticonvulsant
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: in subhypnotic doses
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Seconal is the trade name used to market secobarbital sodium, a barbiturate used as a sedative, anticonvulsant, hypnotic and anesthetic.
text: Barbiturates are central nervous system depressants that are used for mild sedation, anesthesia, anticonvulsants and hypnotics.
text: However, barbiturates are still used as anticonvulsants (e.g., phenobarbital and primidone) and general anesthetics (e.g., sodium thiopental).
text: Barbiturates produce a wide spectrum of central nervous system depression, from mild sedation to coma, and have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants .
text: The barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system depressants which are primarily used as sedative hypnotics and also anticonvulsants in subhypnotic doses.
text: Today, barbiturates are still used as anticonvulsants and as a general anesthetic.
text: Barbiturates—which produce a wide spectrum of CNS depression, from mild sedation to coma—have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants since they were first introduced for medical use in the early 1900s.