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Epic card · Science
Barbiturate, an Epic card
Barbiturates are a class of depressant drugs that are chemically derived from barbituric acid.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 630,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are effective when used medically as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, but have physical and psychological addiction potential as well as overdose potential among other possible adverse effects.
- They have been used recreationally for their anti-anxiety and sedative effects, and are thus controlled in most countries due to the risks associated with such use.
- Barbiturates have largely been replaced by benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines in routine medical practice, particularly in the treatment of anxiety disorders and insomnia, because of the significantly lower risk of overdose, and the lack of an antidote for barbiturate overdose.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Barbiturate article was read about 630,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Barbiturate (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Manuel Almagro Rivas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.




