thiopental sodium

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Ohio halted the two-drug protocol and turned to a one-drug method, listing its options as pentobarbital and thiopental sodium, which it had used in executions from 1999 to 2011.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2015

The new policy in Ohio means a dose of either pentobarbital or thiopental sodium, an anaesthetic, will be used.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2015

The Feb. 11 execution of Phillips, and possibly others, will be delayed while the state secures a supply of pentobarbital and thiopental sodium, Smith said in the news release.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2015

And an Oklahoma inmate, Jeffrey D. Matthews, succeeded in delaying his death last month by challenging the state’s intent to substitute the sedative Brevital for thiopental sodium in its lethal three-drug sequence.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2010

That, in turn, has revived the demand for out-of-favor anesthesia drugs like thiopental sodium, ketamine and etomidate, which have themselves then become scarce.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2010