ing sleep or sedation. Even veterinarians use them for euthanasia and anesthesia. Phenobarbital, a long-acting barbiturate, is used with other medications to prevent epileptic seizures and to treat mild anxiety. Another type of barbiturates named secobarital is used for short-term treatments of insomnia.
             Medically, sedatives (see picture 3) are used to reduce anxiety and nervous tension, to relax muscles, and/or to induce sleep. Doctors use them to calm patients, to relieve them from convulsions, and to relieve their emotional stresses.
             There are two types of tranquilizers: major and minor tranquilizers. The major tranquilizers
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