Assertion: barbiturate | /r/CapableOf | treat insomnia
Facets:
value: in the 1960s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1970s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Barbiturates are sedative-hypnotic drugs that were commonly prescribed to treat insomnia, anxiety, and seizure disorders in the 1960s and 1970s.
text: Barbiturates were frequently used to treat agitation, anxiety, and insomnia, but their use for treating such symptoms fell out of favor due to the risk of overdose and abuse.
text: They are most commonly prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia but are easily misused by taking more than indicated by a doctor.
text: Today, safer benzodiazepines have essentially replaced barbiturates to treat anxiety and insomnia.
text: Barbiturates are prescribed to treat several medical conditions such as; anxiety, depression, insomnia, and AOD Withdrawal.
text: Barbiturates are sedatives derived from barbituric acid and were once used to treat anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia, and seizure disorders.
text: Barbiturates used to be regularly prescribed to treat insomnia, depression and anxiety, but the small difference between a normal dose and an overdose led to a number of accidental deaths, as well as people using them to commit suicide.