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Phenobarbital or phenobarbitone (former BAN) is a barbiturate, first marketed as Luminal® by Farbwerke Fr. Bayer and Co. It is the most widely used anticonvulsant worldwide and the oldest still in use. It also has sedative and hypnotic properties but, as with other barbiturates, has been superseded by the benzodiazepi... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
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| Condition | Members | Success |
| Epilepsy & Seizures | 181 |
65% |
| Depression | 2 |
100% |
| Heroin Addiction & Reco... | 2 |
100% |
| Cerebral Palsy | 1 |
100% |
| Cirrhosis | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 67% (190
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Phenobarbital Reviews
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No s/e other then being tired enough for a daily nap
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this medicine worked for me as a child, but stopped working when i hit puberty
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worked well no longer use
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Works to stop multiple seizures as an emergency med.
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another horrid med causes depression and bad thoughts dont get on it if possible
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she used it for the first 18 months of her life but do the medication she was always asleep or in a stupper stage and was unable to grow and learn the way a baby does as they grow.
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works great
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elephant tranqulilzer for me bad
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I took when I was very young and it made me go into seizures three times worse.
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How hyper I was!
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Phenobarbital
I have been on Pheno for several years. I do not know about hormonal imbalance but it can be helpful for panic attacks. You should know that it's u... [More] -
Phenobarbital
I remember having panic attacks during my childhood, from being bullied in school. My question is: can Phenobarbital be prescribed to control a hormon... [More] -
Go old Phenobarbital
Pheno was one of the very first meds I took when I first began seizing. It made me feel drowsy, and nauseous.I was lethargic for the most part.It tast... [More] -
Go old Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital is one of three siezure meds. I take. I was just wondering if it was precribed very often any more and if so how are people's experienc... [More] -
Weaning off Med(Phenobarbital)
You pray and if it doesn't work, pray some more. What's going to happen will happen no matter how much sleep you lost etc etc. When I was 15 I was wea... [More]
