Description
Phenobarbitone 30 mg tablet 60S (often referred to as 60s or 1-grain tablets)
are a prescription medication primarily used as a long-acting barbiturate to treat various.
forms of epilepsy and seizure disorders, Phenobar tablet excluding absence seizures. It also has applications as a sedative for the temporary treatment of anxiety or insomnia.
If the 60 mg tablet seems either too big or too small for you: Dosing should be very individualised according to one’s age, body weight, and other characteristics of one’s condition.
If you were prescribed a certain proportion of the tablet: Phenobarbital is usually scored to allow you to break it evenly into portions to receive the necessary dose.
This drug has a narrow therapeutic range, so it requires accurate calculation.Signs of overdose: Excessive sleepiness, confusion, slow or halted breathing, and coma.Signs of underdose: Seizures cannot be controlled adequately, or tremors, anxiety, and insomnia due to too rapid reduction in dosage.
Phenobarbitone is a strong CNS depressant. Some patients, especially children and older people, may exhibit opposite effects due to the action of the drug, like agitation, excessive restlessness, irritability, and aggressiveness, rather than sleepiness.
During the 1950s after a seizure caused by fever, phenobarbital prescription was standard practice; still, some neurologists believed that such treatment was required only during febrile disease.
