Assertion: barbiturate | /r/HasProperty | sedative
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: for their sleep-inducing characteristics
type: CAUSE
value: highly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Barbiturates are sedatives derived from barbituric acid and were once used to treat anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia, and seizure disorders.
text: Barbiturates were widely prescribed before the 1960s to relieve anxiety, but were found to be highly sedating and addictive and did not always work successfully.
text: Barbiturates are known as sedatives or hypnotics for their sleep-inducing characteristics.
text: In reality, the dosage of drugs for doctor-prescribed suicide is a huge quantity of barbiturates (sedatives).
text: Barbiturates are sedatives used for seizure disorders, induction of anesthesia, and management of increased intracranial pressure; they enhance the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma amino butyric acid.
text: Barbiturates are primarily sedatives and they induce sleep.