1.
That fear he knew should exist was now just an observation of some base human response, like he was in the thrall of a potent barbiturate drug
2.
However, a tranquilizer is known to have such effect on the brain similar to that of a barbiturate, a highly addictive drug used to treat problems related to one's inability to fall asleep
3.
He was then treated with phenobarbital, a barbiturate and anticonvulsant, also to no effect
4.
“This is a barbiturate,” he said
5.
This was a barbiturate used as an anesthetic and to put patients gently to sleep
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The death certificate reads, “Death by barbiturate poisoning—ingestion of phenobarbital
7.
During this time, Marilyn was taking—among other prescriptions, such as Nembutal—a barbiturate to calm her nerves as well as allow her to sleep
8.
Ralph Greenson prescribed 300 milligrams of the barbiturate Nembutal
9.
After Greenson’s and Wexler’s diagnosis of Marilyn Monroe as suffering from BPS, she began taking the barbiturate Thorazine