phenobarbital - has anyone tried it?

[jmcmullan@rogers.com]

i have some phenobarbital that i am thinking about taking as a sleep aid but dont know anyone who has ever used it. Any thoughts?
I know it was replaced by benzos a long time ago, but still, any older people out there who might have used it in the 70's?

[ladypam]

Phenobarbital is an anticonvulsant medication. It may have been used to induce sleep because of its sedative effect however because of the side effects it causes, it is not used anymore for this purpose.

You may want to use other alternative medications to go to sleep, which will not have major side effects.

Hope this helps.

[jmcmullan@rogers.com]

Thank you for the warning, I never realized it's not a safe medication.