Why the study?
Does heptabarbitone given overnight impair human performance the following day?
Population
Human subjects
Comparison
Heptabarbitone given overnight vs Placebo
Design
Other
Follow-up
Up to 19 hours after ingestion
Authors
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Heptabarbitone may cause unrecognized next-day performance impairment; leaves open residual effects of barbiturates in clinical use.
Does heptabarbitone given overnight impair human performance the following day?
Heptabarbitone causes dose-dependent, prolonged impairment in objective performance that subjects fail to subjectively recognize.
Borland et al. (1974) studied this question.
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