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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 It also has sedative and hypnotic properties but, as with other barbiturates, has been superseded by the benzodiazepi...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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kind of messes with the memory and makes it hard to think at times.
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working so far
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trying to wean off of it.
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worked, but kept her drugged
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side effects, made me feel high
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i havent had this since i was 10
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It's the only med I've been on since being diagnosed at 7 yrs of age.
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Worked very well untill my twenties.
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I been on this since 5 months old to now I addicted to it like a drug addict safe during pregnancy
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worked until she was 18 months old.
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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] -
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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]
