Recent news on Pentobarbital

Veterinary clinic owner arrested  -  May 12, 2007
Myrtle Beach Sun News,Its active ingredient, pentobarbital, is a controlled substance, he said. Anderson is not a licensed veterinarian in South Carolina, according to the SC

Pensioner smuggles Dr Death's Exit drug  -  Apr 28, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,Pentobarbital, the active ingredient of Nembutal, is a barbiturate, which depresses breathing. According to Nitschke, it brings a swift and painless death.

Euthanasia group importing illegal drug, members say  -  May 7, 2007
ABC Online,...at school has long been forgotten," he said. "It's been assayed and it's been shown to contain pentobarbital which is the active ingredient in nembutal."

Push on to lower number of euthanasias  -  May 17, 2007
Times Picayune,..."Major humane associations consider sodium pentobarbital the gold standard," said Dr. Lila Miller, vice president of veterinary outreach and veterinary

Contamination comes from many sources  -  May 16, 2007
Naples Sun Times,Products contaminated with dioxin, PCB (a chlorinated compound), sulfamethazine and pentobarbital (used to euthanize pets) might show up in commercial pet

Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pet Food Companies  -  May 15, 2007
North Country Gazette,...one and knowing that the food consists largely of garbage, chemicals, additives, diseased meat and even residual pentobarbital from euthanized animals.�

10 Investigates: What's Really In Pet Food  -  May 3, 2007
10TV,A few years ago, the FDA even conducted tests on pentobarbital, the most common euthanasia drug, and researchers found it in a number of pet food brands.

Changing Cardiovascular Response to Epinephrine with Increasing ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)Sprague Dawley rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital and cardiac arrest (CA) was induced with an IV bolus of KCl (0.04 µg/g).

Bids should be out next week for new animal shelter  -  Apr 26, 2007
Goldsboro News Argus,The anonymous donors also said animals must be euthanized via sodium pentobarbital injection instead of the existing carbon monoxide gas chamber.

PETA Calls On Georgia Agriculture Commissioner to Stop Cobb County ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
PETA (press release),The use of the gas chamber violates the Humane Euthanasia Act, which mandates sodium pentobarbital injections for the routine euthanasia of dogs and cats in

Program Transcript  -  May 7, 2007
ABC Online,JOHN EDGE: It's been assayed and it's been shown to contain pentobarbital, which is the active ingredient in Nembutal. JOHN EDGE: Yes, oh, yes.

PETA Calls On Georgia Agriculture Commissioner to Stop Cobb County ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PETA (press release),The use of the gas chamber violates the Humane Euthanasia Act, which mandates sodium pentobarbital injections for the routine euthanasia of dogs and cats in

Poisoned Pet Food  -  Apr 22, 2007
Carte Blanche,Ann: “Pentobarbital does withstand the rendering process and doesn’t degrade as don’ta lot of antibiotics and hormones that can be used on these animals

PETA threatens to sue Warner Robins  -  Apr 7, 2007
Macon Telegraph,...breaking Georgia state law that says euthanization must come in the form of injection of sodium pentobarbital, which PETA said is a more humane method.

Animal activist still upset  -  Apr 1, 2007
Florida Times-Union,The accepted "humane" way of putting an animal down is an injection of sodium pentobarbital. This method, Norton said, is "basically painless.

Prescription drug abuse: tips, info and sources  -  Apr 14, 2007
St. Cloud Times,Examples are Nembutal (pentobarbital sodium), Valium (diazepam) and Xanax (alprazolam). They slow down normal brain function. Long-term use can lead to

Animal activist rebuffed in gas ban  -  Apr 12, 2007
Florida Times-Union,Although an injection of sodium pentobarbital is generally accepted as a better method of euthanasia, the Lakeland-Lanier County Animal Shelter continues to

Shedding Light on America’s Dark Recesses  -  Apr 5, 2007
New York Times,...advocate for the state’s law permitting physician-assisted suicide, captures him as he has filled his prescription for a lethal dose of pentobarbital.

Unraveling the Pet-Food Mystery  -  Apr 5, 2007
TIMEBut the FDA has admitted to finding "very, very low levels" of sodium pentobarbital — the chemical used to euthanize animals — in some brands of dog food.

Consumers Look to 'New Era' Pet Food Companies in the Turmoil and ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...http://www.fda.gov/cvm/FOI/DFreport.htm The FDA CVM (Center for Veterinary Medicine) web site has information on the detection of pentobarbital (a drug used

Pittsburgh seeks bids to kill trapped wildlife  -  Mar 30, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,The city's proposal stipulates the company that wins the contract will perform euthanasia by sodium pentobarbital injection, which causes rapid and painless

24 stray dogs euthanized on Tinian  -  Mar 29, 2007
Saipan Tribune,...and euthanized 24 dogs at the Tinian municipal dog shelter using Humane Society of the United States-approved sodium pentobarbital lethal injection.

Wantage Pound improved, but barking still upsets neighbors  -  Mar 28, 2007
Advertiser-NewsHallam-Smith authorized acting animal control officer John Abate to euthanize animals considered “unadoptable� with injections of sodium pentobarbital,

Location for shelter gets first city vote  -  Mar 28, 2007
Goldsboro News Argus,When an animal does have to be euthanized, the animal will be euthanized with a sodium pentobarbital injection instead the current carbon monoxide chamber

Consumers Look to 'New Era' Pet Food Companies in the Turmoil and ...  -  27 Mar 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...http://www.fda.gov/cvm/FOI/DFreport.htm The FDA CVM (Center for Veterinary Medicine) web site has information on the detection of pentobarbital (a drug used

Judge: Illegal gassing law must be enforced  -  Mar 24, 2007
Online Athens (subscription),The Humane Euthanasia Act calls for lethal injection with sodium pentobarbital - a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death - to

Ga. judge halts gassing of animals  -  Mar 23, 2007
Pierceland Herald,The act calls for injection with sodium pentobarbital — a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death — to be used in the vast

Cat Eat Cat World  -  Mar 21, 2007
Pacific Free Press,...boiled and used to make cosmetics, fertilizer, gelatin, pharmaceuticals, and yes, pet food (with traces of sodium pentobarbital for added flavor).

Prepare for last goodbye  -  Mar 20, 2007
The Spokesman Review,Basically, your vet will give an overdose of an anesthetic agent called pentobarbital. He or she may give your pet a sedative to relax her first.

Agriculture commissioner accused of allowing inhumane gassing of pets  -  Mar 12, 2007
Access North Georgia,The Humane Euthanasia Act sponsored by Chesley Morton of DeKalb County was passed in 1990 and declared sodium pentobarbital as the exclusive method for

Ore. says 46 people died under assisted-suicide in 2006  -  Mar 8, 2007
kgw.com (subscription),Don James, a terminally ill cancer patient, looks over a prescription for a lethal dose of of pentobarbital obtained under Oregon's assisted suicide law at

Ga. Judge Halts Gassing of Animals  -  Mar 23, 2007
Twin Falls Times-News,The act calls for injection with sodium pentobarbital _ a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death _ to be used in the vast

Ga. judge halts gassing of animals  -  Mar 23, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat,The act calls for injection with sodium pentobarbital - a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death - to be used in the vast

Judge: State must enforce law banning animal gassing  -  Mar 23, 2007
Access North Georgia,The Humane Euthanasia Act calls for lethal injection with sodium pentobarbital _ a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death _ to

Lawsuit challenges euthanization methods  -  Mar 13, 2007
News-Daily.com,Lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital is considered the most humane form of euthanasia. Rawls argues that lethal injection in the hands of unskilled

Wantage Pound improved, but barking still upsets neighbors  -  Mar 22, 2007
Advertiser-NewsHallam-Smith authorized acting animal control officer John Abate to euthanize animals considered “unadoptable� with injections of sodium pentobarbital,

Pet food recall: What’s your cat eating?  -  Mar 20, 2007
Online Journal,...pharmaceuticals, and yes, pet food (with traces of sodium pentobarbital for added flavor). “When you read pet-food labels and it says meat or bone meal,

Pet Food Recall: What's your cat eating?  -  Mar 20, 2007
Infoshop News...pharmaceuticals, and yes, pet food (with traces of sodium pentobarbital for added flavor). "When you read pet-food labels and it says meat or bone meal,

Georgia should enforce laws on pet euthanasia  -  Mar 19, 2007
Gainesville Times,Sodium pentobarbital, injected by a veterinarian or other trained professional, "shall be the exclusive method of euthanasia for dogs and cats" in Georgia.

WR animal shelter uses contested euthanasia practice  -  Mar 17, 2007
Macon Telegraph,The letters of exception were designed to give animal shelters time to switch to sodium pentobarbital, which the law says is to be the "exclusive method"

FDA Strengthens Warnings on Sleep Drugs  -  Mar 15, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Sanofi-Aventis); butisol sodium (Medpointe Pharm HLC); pentobarbital/carbromal (Carbitral, Parke-Davis); flurazepam HCl capsules (Dalmane,

Ag. commissioner: Gassing of strays is local issue  -  Mar 14, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),The Humane Euthanasia Act declared sodium pentobarbital — a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death — the exclusive method for

Tommy Irvin: Gassing Of Strays Is Local Issue  -  Mar 14, 2007
WSBtv.com,The Humane Euthanasia Act declared sodium pentobarbital -- a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death -- the exclusive method for

Agriculture commissioner: Gassing of strays is local issue  -  Mar 14, 2007
Access North Georgia,The Humane Euthanasia Act declared sodium pentobarbital _ a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death _ the exclusive method for

Label Change Requested for All Sleep Disorder Drugs  -  Mar 14, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,Restoril (temazepam), Rozerem (ramelteon), Sonata (zaleplon), Carbrital (pentobarbital/carbromal), Placidyl (ethchlorvynol), and Seconal (secobarbital).

Ag commissioner: Gassing of strays is local issue  -  Mar 14, 2007
Access North Georgia,The Humane Euthanasia Act declared sodium pentobarbital a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death the exclusive method for

Agriculture commissioner: Gassing of strays is local issue  -  Mar 14, 2007
Macon Telegraph,The Humane Euthanasia Act declared sodium pentobarbital - a sedative that causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death - the exclusive method for

Lawsuit objects to gas chambers for dogs, cats  -  Mar 12, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),...must be given the most humane and stress-free death possible ... the use of sodium pentobarbital or a derivative of it shall be the exclusive method."

Inhaled nitric oxide does not prevent postpneumonectomy pulmonary ...  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAnimals were sedated with intramuscular ketamine (100 mg/kg) and anesthetized with intravenous pentobarbital (10 mg/kg), followed by a continuous

Nitschke 'did not support man's mercy killing'  -  Feb 28, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,A post-mortem examination found he died from pentobarbital toxicity, caused by barbiturate drug Nembutal. Both women have pleaded not guilty and have been

Dealing in the desire for death  -  Feb 2, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,About 30 times the 49-year-old nurse watched a client drink a dose of a barbiturate, sodium pentobarbital, and peacefully fall asleep.

Swiss court ruling allows euthanasia for mentally ill  -  Feb 3, 2007
Scotland on Sunday,Whether any Swiss physician would be prepared to prescribe a lethal dose of pentobarbital to a mentally ill person remains unclear.

Dr Nitschke's death drug tours  -  Feb 7, 2007
The Nelson Mail,It is a powerful barbiturate with the generic name of pentobarbital, once used in limited dosage to treat insomnia but rarely prescribed now.

DEA: PETA overstepped their bounds  -  Jan 27, 2007
Suffolk News-Herald,The drug in question is pentobarbital, a barbiturate anesthetic which causes respiratory and cardiac arrest in as little as 30 seconds after a dose is

Kiwis in death drug trip to Mexico  -  Feb 5, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,Health Ministry drug regulator Medsafe has warned it is illegal to carry pentobarbital, the active ingredient of Nembutal, without a prescription.

Cat euthanized improperly, shelter complaint says  -  Feb 2, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Sodium pentobarbital is the preferred method because it is extremely fast-acting, the report says. The complaint was filed by Kim Cameron, a veterinary

Adoption or death  -  Feb 10, 2007
MLive.com,Behind them, staffer Eric Stuart is preparing the shot that will kill Cheeko, a solution of sodium pentobarbital.

Ministry of Health says restricted drug will be seized by Customs  -  Feb 6, 2007
Radio New Zealand,Nembutal is a barbiturate containing the active ingredient Pentobarbital and is classified as a class C drug. The Ministry of Health says it is illegal for

Ministry of Health says restricted drug will be seized by Customs  -  Feb 6, 2007
Radio New Zealand,Nembutal is a barbiturate containing the active ingredient Pentobarbital and is classified as a class C drug. The Ministry of Health says it's illegal for a

Swiss court OKs assisted suicide for mentally ill  -  Feb 3, 2007
Times of India,...which takes all circumstances into account, then a mentally ill person can be prescribed sodium-pentobarbital and thereby assisted in suicide," it added.

International Briefs  -  Feb 3, 2007
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription),...decision which takes all circumstances into account, then a mentally ill person can be prescribed sodium-pentobarbital and thereby assisted in suicide."

Smith: New director's age a non-issue  -  Feb 16, 2007
Goldsboro News Argus,Despite his age, Scally is certified to conduct euthanizations via sodium pentobarbital injection, which is the method that will replace the existing use of

Shocking Swiss suicide case has opponents in Oregon on watch  -  Feb 15, 2007
Catholic Sentinel,...decision which takes all circumstances into account, then a mentally ill person can be prescribed sodium-pentobarbital and thereby assisted in suicide.�

Look closely at PETA and see hypocrisy  -  Feb 9, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,The sodium pentobarbital used was sold to PETA and licensed for use only in its home state of Virginia. These disturbing facts may shock some, but not me.

Suspect in sensational case on parole in Pahrump area  -  Feb 9, 2007
Pahrump Valley Times,...the sodium pentobarbital used to euthanise animals; the alleged theft of a cockatoo; the shooting of a German shepherd; theft of corral paneling from

Tancredo outraged about Border Agent39s prison beating  -  Feb 8, 2007
WDC Media News,...which takes all circumstances into account, then a mentally ill person can be prescribed sodium-pentobarbital and thereby be assisted in suicide."

LIFE DIGEST: Swiss court OKs assisted suicide; Hope proves doctors ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
BP News,...all circumstances into account, then a mentally ill person can be prescribed sodium-pentobarbital and thereby assisted in suicide,� the court wrote.

Shelter criticized for euthanizing cat with anesthetic  -  Feb 2, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,That means the shelter cannot legally dispense sodium pentobarbital, a fast-acting barbiturate commonly used for euthanizing animals.

In the doghouse  -  Feb 10, 2007
Blue Springs Examiner,...scrape roadkill off the pavement, a job that requires him to administer the lethal dose of sodium pentobarbital to the animals slated to be euthanized?

Mentally Ill have a Right to Assisted Suicide ~ Swiss High Court  -  Feb 2, 2007
Lifesite,...in which it claimed a man suffering from a mental illness was refused a prescription for the barbiturate Sodium Pentobarbital to use to kill himself.

PETA supervisor testifies in North Carolina trial  -  Feb 1, 2007
Suffolk News-Herald,Nachminovitch said the CAP workers in the field, including Hinkle, were certified to use this method of injecting an animal with sodium pentobarbital.

Pathologist, NC SBI agent take the stand in PETA trial  -  Jan 31, 2007
Suffolk News-Herald,...those items, seized by Ahoskie Police from a tackle box found inside the PETA van on the day of the arrests, included pentobarbital and ketamine.

The Needle and the Damage Done  -  Feb 11, 2007
The Ledger,...sodium pentothal (a single massive dose of pentobarbital, an anesthetic, is how veterinarians often put down household pets) or have a doctor present.

County close to picking location for new shelter  -  Jan 8, 2007
Goldsboro News Argus,All euthanizations at the new animal shelter will be conducted via sodium pentobarbital injections. Even aggressive animals will be euthanized in a humane

Sick Leave Abuse: Part 2 - Identifying the Problem  -  Jan 8, 2007
FedSmith.comExamples are Nembutal (pentobarbital sodium), Valium (diazepam), and Xanax (alprazolam). They slow down normal brain function and can cause a sleepy,

PETA REQUEST PROMPTS ARUBA TO END USE OF UNACCEPTABLE ANIMAL DRUG  -  Dec 14, 2006
PETA (press release),PETA has worked with Aruba’s government for the past year to help replace T-61 with sodium pentobarbital. PETA learned about Aruba’s use of T-61 from a

Method of death topic for heated debate  -  Dec 15, 2006
Stanly News & Press,Meyers also said it is more cost effective to use the chamber than sodium pentobarbital based on the staffing, time, and cost of each injection.

Botched killing puts Death Row on hold  -  Dec 16, 2006
Independent,...not rule out all forms of execution by lethal injection, and recommended investigation into using just one heavy barbiturate like sodium pentobarbital.

Ruling halts state method of execution  -  Dec 16, 2006
ktla 5,...suggested that the state might want to consider switching to a one-drug procedure, using a heavier dose of a barbiturate such as sodium pentobarbital.

Location in works for animal shelter  -  Dec 2, 2006
Goldsboro News Argus,The county will euthanize animals with sodium pentobarbital injections instead of the carbon monoxide chambers used at the existing facility.

Carbon monoxide chambers removed from Animal Shelter  -  Nov 30, 2006
Sulphur Southwest Daily News,Louisiana State Law requires employees using Sodium Pentobarbital to be certified by the Board of Veterinary Medicine at the LSU Veterinarian School.

Should Panda die?  -  Nov 27, 2006
St. Petersburg Times,Panda succumbed to a dose of sodium pentobarbital on Wednesday morning. Death's reality comes slowly, especially for a 2-year-old.

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