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risk of fatal overdose due to respiratory depression. By the late 1950s, concerns over the mounting social costs associated with barbiturates prompted a concerted effort to find alternative medications. Most people still using barbiturates do so for the prevention of seizures or, in mild form, for relief from the symptoms of migraines. One barbiturate that remains in use for seizure disorders is phenobarbital.

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