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What are the long-term side effects of taking phenobarbital for over 30 years?

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Dr. J Rodos answered

Depedence, seizures: Phenobarbital and its relatives are brain sedatives and are dependence producing. if you take them you will have working memory problems,more falls, and need for increased dose to maintain effect when stopped they produce a describable withdrawal effect. the most serious of these are seizures. other brain sedatives are alcohol,meprobamates,and benzodiazapenes.

Answered 5/7/2015

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