Ohio and Washington state recently switched to using only sodium thiopental, which is also known as Pentothal. From Wordnik.com. [Company to stop making drug commonly used in executions] Reference
Inmates on death row are initially injected with sodium thiopental, which is capable of inducing unconsciousness in a few seconds. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Intravenous etomidate (0.1 mg / kg - 0.3 mg / kg) or short-acting barbiturates, such as thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The first drug to be injected is sodium thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2006] Reference
Supreme Court signed off on the imported thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
"That is why the provenance of thiopental is so important.". From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
"Mr. Simcox put several drops of sodium thiopental in his drink.". From Wordnik.com. [Call to Treason]
Under the new protocol, they will administer less sodium thiopental!. From Wordnik.com. [Is California's new "pain-free" lethal injection protocol even less humane?] Reference
The thiopental shortage has required some states to delay executions. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
Supreme Court signed off on the state ' s use of imported thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Must Disclose Source of Execution Drug] Reference
They also utilized a thiopental sodium drip (a so-called truth serum). From Wordnik.com. [Gerald Posner: The CIA's Destroyed Interrogation Tapes and the Saudi-Pakistani 9/11 Connection] Reference
Efforts to obtain thiopental from foreign sources have spawned legal battles. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
The agency also said it will seek European Union-wide limits on thiopental exports. From Wordnik.com. [U.K. Limits Execution Drug] Reference
The state has disclosed that it obtained thiopental from Britain, but not the supplier. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Must Disclose Source of Execution Drug] Reference
Arizona last week executed Jeffrey Landrigan using thiopental sodium supplied from Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Suit Targets Execution Drug] Reference
As with California, Tennessee authorities have declined to detail their source of thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [U.K. Limits Execution Drug] Reference
The lack of thiopental has played a role in delayed executions in California and other states. From Wordnik.com. [New Execution Drug Approved] Reference
Rather than look for more sodium thiopental, Oklahoma has chosen to turn to the vets for help. From Wordnik.com. [John Duty: human guinea pig in Oklahoma's cruel experiment] Reference
The debate over thiopental, including whether states can use a substitute anesthetic, baffles Dr. A. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
Tennessee, like other states, has been somewhat circumspect about its efforts to locate a supply of thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Must Disclose Source of Execution Drug] Reference
Let us congratulate Cable on changing his mind about export to the US of lethal injection drug sodium thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [A welcome U-turn from Vince Cable on execution drug] Reference
On the other hand, an overdose of sodium thiopental may lead to throat spasm, airway collapse, and slow suffocation. From Wordnik.com. [Capital Punishment: Don't Improve It, Get Rid of It] Reference
Associated Press Jeffrey Landrigan, above, was executed in Arizona on Oct. 26 with thiopental sodium imported from Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
Many states, including Arizona, Kentucky and Tennessee, have combed domestic or overseas suppliers in search of thiopental. From Wordnik.com. [New Execution Drug Approved] Reference
California says that it has now obtained enough sodium thiopental, probably British-manufactured, to carry out four executions. From Wordnik.com. [Oklahoma seeks to execute convicts with veterinary drug] Reference
And opponents of the death penalty claim that this first drug is called sodium thiopental -- it renders the prisoner unconscious. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008] Reference
Hospira stressed in a recent statement that thiopental is designed to save lives during surgical procedures and "is not indicated for capital punishment.". From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
Many states, including Arizona, California, Kentucky and Tennessee, have combed domestic or overseas suppliers in search of thiopental, in some cases successfully. From Wordnik.com. [Plea for Execution Drug] Reference
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