Barbiturate overdose
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Barbiturate overdose is poisoning due to excessive doses of barbiturates.wikipedia
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Barbiturate
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Barbiturate overdose is poisoning due to excessive doses of barbiturates.
They have largely been replaced by benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines ("Z-drugs") in routine medical practice, particularly in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia, due to the significantly lower risk of addiction and overdose and the lack of an antidote for barbiturate overdose.
Drug overdose
overdoseoverdosingoverdosed
Complications of overdose can include noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.









Judy Garland
GarlandDorothyEthel Gumm
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
Her lifelong addiction to drugs, including alcohol, ultimately led to her death in London from an accidental barbiturate overdose at age 47.









Dalida
Iolanda GigliottiYolanda Christina Gigliotti
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
On the night of 2–3 May 1987, Dalida died by suicide by overdosing on barbiturates.






Marilyn Monroe
MarilynMonroeM. Monroe
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30p.m. on August 4, and the toxicology report showed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning.









Alan Wilson (musician)
Alan WilsonAlan "Blind Owl" WilsonAl Wilson
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication.

George Sanders
Sanders
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
David Niven wrote in Bring on the Empty Horses (1975), the second volume of his memoirs, that in 1937 his friend George Sanders had predicted that he would commit suicide from a barbiturate overdose when he was 65 and that in his 50s he had appeared to be depressed since his marriages had failed and several tragedies had befallen him.





Chester Morris
ChesterJohn Chester Brooks Morris
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.




Scott Newman (actor)
Scott NewmanScott
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
Pier Angeli
Anna Maria PierangeliAna-Maria Pier Angeli
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.


Brian Epstein
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Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.





Dominick Elwes
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Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.
Edie Sedgwick
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Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.

Carole Landis
Notable deaths from barbiturate overdose include the members of Heaven's Gate cult, Marilyn Monroe, Dalida, Judy Garland, Chester Morris, George Sanders, Pier Angeli, Jimi Hendrix, Scott Newman, Brian Epstein, Alan Wilson, Phyllis Barry, Scotty Beckett, Helen Palmer, Edie Sedgwick, Dominick Elwes, Dinah Washington, Leila Pahlavi, and Carole Landis.


Poisoning
poisonedpoisoningsdeath by poisoning
Barbiturate overdose is poisoning due to excessive doses of barbiturates.
Altered level of consciousness
level of consciousnessaltered mental statusdecreased level of consciousness
Symptoms typically include difficulty thinking, poor coordination, decreased level of consciousness, and a decreased effort to breathe (respiratory depression).

Hypoventilation
respiratory depressiondecreased effort to breathedecreased breathing
Symptoms typically include difficulty thinking, poor coordination, decreased level of consciousness, and a decreased effort to breathe (respiratory depression).
Suicide
suicidalcommitted suicidesuicides
Barbiturate overdose may occur by accident or purposefully in an attempt to cause death.









Ethanol
alcoholbioethanolethyl alcohol
The toxic effects are additive to those of alcohol and benzodiazepines.






Benzodiazepine
benzodiazepinesbenzodiazapinesbenzo
The toxic effects are additive to those of alcohol and benzodiazepines.








Drug tolerance
tolerancetolerantmedication tolerance
The lethal dose varies with a person's tolerance and how the drug is taken.
Gamma-Aminobutyric acid
GABAγ-aminobutyric acidGABAergic
The effects of barbiturates occur via the GABA neurotransmitter.




Blood pressure
systolic blood pressurediastolic blood pressurearterial blood pressure
Treatment involves supporting a person's breathing and blood pressure.




Antidote
antidotesalexipharmicAlexiterial
While there is no antidote, activated charcoal may be useful.
Activated carbon
activated charcoalactive carbonactive charcoal
While there is no antidote, activated charcoal may be useful.







