barbiturate
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The publication also quotes a medical expert who observed that pentobarbital, the single-drug barbiturate used in Black’s execution, “should cause rapid unconsciousness. It sounds like this did not occur.”
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
Some switched to using a single drug, the barbiturate pentobarbital, which is a sedative and anticonvulsant often used before surgeries or to treat epilepsy.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2022
But conspiracists wondering why the deputy medical examiner who performed the autopsy found no barbiturate residue in the 36-year-old movie star’s stomach if she ingested the drugs orally were disappointed by the answers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, is scheduled to receive an injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital on Wednesday evening at the state prison in Jackson.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2016
The analysis focused on five categories of CNS-active medications: antidepressants with strong anticholinergic properties, antipsychotics, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
Mr Crew, who died aged 74, reportedly told nurses "I want to die today" before drinking water laced with barbiturates under the supervision of Dignitas.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
The Omsk region Ministry of Health announced Saturday that no signs of known toxins were found in Navalny’s system, including barbiturates, strychnine, synthetic poisons and oxybutyrates, used to treat conditions such as narcolepsy.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2020
Assistant Attorney General John Hadden said Oklahoma and other states have been forced to look for other drug alternatives after more commonly used short-acting barbiturates became scarce because of manufacturers’ opposition to the death penalty.
From Time ● Dec. 17, 2014
“All barbiturates put the brain to sleep by slowing down brain function,” said Dr. Mark A. Warner, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2011
