Assertion: barbiturate | /r/HasProperty | prescribed
Facets:
value: commonly
type: DEGREE
value: regularly
type: DEGREE
value: as sleeping pills
type: OTHER
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Are Barbiturates Still Prescribed?
text: Barbiturates under this category are prescribed as sleeping pills and sedatives for humans.
text: Barbiturates are sedative-hypnotic drugs that were commonly prescribed to treat insomnia, anxiety, and seizure disorders in the 1960s and 1970s.
text: They are most commonly prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia but are easily misused by taking more than indicated by a doctor.
text: Barbiturates are prescribed to treat several medical conditions such as; anxiety, depression, insomnia, and AOD Withdrawal.
text: Barbiturates are sedative-hypnotic drugs that, historically, have been prescribed to induce sleep, reduce anxiety, control seizures, and anesthetize.
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.
text: Barbiturates are prescribed to calm people down but in larger amounts can help them to sleep.