Pentothal
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Ohio and Washington state recently switched to using only sodium thiopental, which is also known as Pentothal.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2011
Thiopental sodium, also known by the trademark Pentothal, was largely abandoned by anesthesiologists two decades ago as newer drugs with fewer side effects hit the market.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2010
He also displayed considerable antagonism toward Garrison and his staff, who had extracted depositions from him under hypnotism and the influence of Sodium Pentothal, a so-called truth serum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Under Pentothal, a waist-gunner tells Newman how he survived a B-24 crash in North Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Newspaper accounts were vague, and we nurse anesthetists, having used Surital and Pentothal for years, found it impossible to understand how such accidents could happen.
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