barbiturate

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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

In 1962, movie star Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from “acute barbiturate poisoning.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020

Instead of the three-drug protocol, the federal government plans to use pentobarbital, a barbiturate used often in veterinary medicine and physician-assisted suicides.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

Under the policy, the state’s top prison official would be required, in one execution drug protocol, to use the barbiturate pentobarbital that’s obtained by lawyers for inmates or someone acting on their behalf.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2017