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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 It also has sedative and hypnotic properties but, as with other barbiturates, has been superseded by the benzodiazepi...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
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| 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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My seizures were usually in early AM so I take it before I go to bed. Keeps me asleep for about 8 hrs., past the window of when my seizures were.
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My son has been on Phenobarbital for 4 weeks and has tolerated it well. He hates the taste, but seems to tolerate it with mashed bananas.
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so far so good not always affective.
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It worked keeping the siezures away...i just didn't realize that I had been half asleep for the past 29 years. If you never wake up..you don't know you've been sleeping.
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causes drowsiness!
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WEll rested no seizures, up at six am, no tremors
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Took this in childhood; I guess it worked. Made me dopey, as I recall.
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i think it was called phenobarbital not sure but I know i fealt even crazier when i took it
Working / Worked
i think it was called phenobarbital not sure but I know i fealt even crazier when i took it
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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]
