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New page: '''Sodium Pentathol''' is a barbiturate that makes the neural membrane more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in general inhibition, starting with the cortex and working down t...
'''Sodium Pentathol''' is a [[barbiturate]] that makes the neural membrane more permeable to chloride ions, resulting in general inhibition, starting with the [[cortex]] and working down to the lower [[brain]] regions with increasing biological effect. In its typical form it is a yellowish-white hygroscopic powder having a garlic-like odor. It is soluble in water and alcohol. Because of its effects it is known as a ''truth serum'' and used in interrogation.
==Dosage==
At an appropriate dosage, you get just enough neural inhibitory effect to create an alcohol-like disinhibition of normal behavioral restraints. At a higher dosage, but not high enough to cause [[unconsciousness]], you may
create a stupor and inhibit independent thought and action to a greater extent. The result is that you become more suggestible and less willful. A context for either recalling [[memory|memories]] or constructing new ones may then be created by an operator. The actual veracity of the testimony achieved in this manner will be impossible to determine from a single session alone. There is some overlap with the old practice of using [[ethyl]] ether to
aid in obtaining a psychodynamic 'catharsis,' which may or may not relate to actual events in the patients personal history, and overlap with some aspects of the use of [[hypnosis]] for similar purposes.
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==Dosage==
At an appropriate dosage, you get just enough neural inhibitory effect to create an alcohol-like disinhibition of normal behavioral restraints. At a higher dosage, but not high enough to cause [[unconsciousness]], you may
create a stupor and inhibit independent thought and action to a greater extent. The result is that you become more suggestible and less willful. A context for either recalling [[memory|memories]] or constructing new ones may then be created by an operator. The actual veracity of the testimony achieved in this manner will be impossible to determine from a single session alone. There is some overlap with the old practice of using [[ethyl]] ether to
aid in obtaining a psychodynamic 'catharsis,' which may or may not relate to actual events in the patients personal history, and overlap with some aspects of the use of [[hypnosis]] for similar purposes.
[[Category:Drugs]]