Phenobarbital

• Phenobarbital
• Luminal
• Solfoton
• Barbita
• Comizial
• Fenilcal
• Gardenale

• Breathing slowed or stopped
• Problems breathing
• Weak pulse
• Low blood pressure
• Blisters
• Headache
• Slurred speech
• Unsteady gait
• Confusion
• Delirium
• Coma
• Excitement
• Deep sleep

Call Poison Control.

Determine the following information:

• The patient's age, weight, and condition
• Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
• The time it was swallowed
• The amount swallowed
• If the medication was prescribed for the patient

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

Some or all of the following may be performed or given:

• Activated charcoal
• Laxative
• Gastric lavage�
• Monitoring of�blood levels and blood chemistries�
• Giving treatment to increase excretion of the drug from the body
• Treatment of�other symptoms

The prognosis (probable outcome) depends on the symptoms observed by the health care provider.

• Mild (no further treatment will probably be necessary, but the patient will be monitored in the hospital):
  • The patient can be aroused.
• Moderate (recovery will probably occur within 24�- 48 hours with proper care):
  • The patient cannot be aroused.
  • Breathing is normal.
  • Other life signs (pulse, skin color, and so on) are normal.
• Severe (recovery will probably occur within 3�- 5 days, depending on the amount swallowed):
  • The patient cannot be aroused.
  • Breathing and other life signs may be abnormal.