NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants are medicines that include sedatives, tranquilizers, and hypnotics. These drugs can slow brain activity, making them useful for treating anxiety, panic, acute stress reactions, and sleep disorders.

Detailed explanation-2: -Barbiturates are depressants that produce a wide spectrum of central nervous system depression from mild sedation to coma. They also have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants. WHAT IS THEIR ORIGIN?

Detailed explanation-3: -Barbiturates mainly work by affecting the inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that nerves release to communicate with other nearby nerves. Specifically, barbiturates depress the central nervous system by enhancing the activity of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).