- published: 01 Aug 2013
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Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia. They are also effective as anxiolytics, as hypnotics, and as anticonvulsants. Barbiturates also have analgesic effects, however these effects are somewhat weak, preventing barbiturates from being used in surgery in the absence of other analgesics. They have addiction potential, both physical and psychological. Barbiturates have now largely been replaced by benzodiazepines in routine medical practice - for example, in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia – mainly because benzodiazepines are significantly less dangerous in overdose. However, barbiturates are still used in general anesthesia, for epilepsy, and assisted suicide. Barbiturates are derivatives of barbituric acid.
Barbituric acid was first synthesized December 6, 1864, by German researcher Adolf von Baeyer. This was done by condensing urea (an animal waste product) with diethyl malonate (an ester derived from the acid of apples). There are several stories about how the substance got its name. The most likely story is that Von Baeyer and his colleagues went to celebrate their discovery in a tavern where the town's artillery garrison were also celebrating the feast of Saint Barbara—the patron saint of artillerists. An artillery officer is said to have christened the new substance by amalgamating Barbara with urea. Another story holds that Von Baeyer synthesized the substance from the collected urine of a Munich waitress named Barbara. No substance of medical value was discovered, however, until 1903 when two German scientists working at Bayer, Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering, discovered that barbital was very effective in putting dogs to sleep. Barbital was then marketed by Bayer under the trade name Veronal. It is said that Von Mering proposed this name because the most peaceful place he knew was the Italian city of Verona.
A fix of sanity
To erase your memory
A dose of reality
To bring you to your fucking knees.
Depression could never take away
The love i have for you
Misanthropy will always have a certain place in you.
I need a fix
A touch of therapy
To refuse your apathy
A bit of sympathy
And watch it..
All go to hell
(fuck)
Depression could never take away
The love i have for you
Misanthropy will always have a certain place in you
Strap me down
Drug me
Kill me
Rape me
Suck me
Fuck me
Induce me
You fucking junkie!
I feed on all your pain
To patronize your mind
I drink of heavens hate
To destroy human kind
Well this stress is eating me up inside
I need something to numb this pain again
I was born of you
I live while you sleep
Inside your heart
While i bury deep
All your suffering
Shoot up..let the anestesia set in
Going up is the easy part
It's coming down that kills