Recent news on Pentothal

State to revise process for lethal injections  -  May 16, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,The three drugs, used in each of the 37 states that conduct executions by lethal injection, are sodium pentothal, a sedative that causes unconsciousness;

Examiner completes Workman autopsy  -  May 20, 2007
The Tennessean,A three-chemical combination of pentothal, pavulon and potassium was used in Workman's execution, Levy said. The chemicals were approved for use under new

Narcoanalysis and some hard facts  -  May 8, 2007
Frontline,I totally disagree because they do not know the pharmacokinetics of pentothal sodium," he says, adding that during narcoanalysis the tendency is to sleep if

Debra J. Saunders: Politics trumps sense in this death penalty fight  -  May 4, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),In California, the three-drug lethal-injection protocol starts with 12.5 times the amount of sodium pentothal needed to begin invasive surgery,

Prisons Chief: Mix of Lethal Drugs to Stay  -  May 10, 2007
The Ledger,The solution favored in most states, including Florida, is a mix of sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.

Lawsuit challenges lethal injection  -  Apr 26, 2007
Indianapolis Star,..."We looked at experts' testimony in other states," Buss said, and it showed the new amount, 5 grams of sodium pentothal, was certain to be effective.

Did the Canucks make a mistake in firing Burke?  -  Apr 25, 2007
SLAM! Sports,..."You could give me sodium pentothal and ask me why I got fired and I couldn't tell you." But this seems to be a different year.

Inmate set to be executed for 1988 killing in Tuscaloosa County  -  May 22, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (subscription),...claiming it can cause “excruciating pain" if the first drug, sodium pentothal, does not depress the central nervous system before the inmate receives

Inmate set to be executed for 1988 killing in Tuscaloosa County  -  May 22, 2007
Dateline Alabama,...claiming it can cause “excruciating pain" if the first drug, sodium pentothal, does not depress the central nervous system before the inmate receives

Killing Time  -  May 9, 2007
Nashville Scene,The first of the three chemicals administered during lethal injection is sodium pentothal, a barbiturate used to make the inmate unconscious.

State proposes changes in lethal injections to satisfy judge's ...  -  May 15, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...brushing a hand over his eyelashes, speaking to him and gently shaking him, during and after two doses of the sedative sodium pentothal.

In Corzine’s Recovery, Doctors Cite Grit and Luck  -  May 13, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,An anesthesiologist injected sodium pentothal, a rapidly acting barbiturate, to put Mr. Corzine to sleep, and succinylcholine, a muscle relaxant,

Something SIFFy This Way Comes  -  May 11, 2007
Seattlest,Sodium pentothal couldn't make us sum up exactly what Carl was doing up there, besides regurgitating information in our press kit.

Official: Trained teams to perform lethal injection  -  May 9, 2007
Tallahassee.com,He said the three chemicals used in the Diaz execution and others - sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride - will not be changed.

Death By Lethal Injection  -  May 9, 2007
Nashville Scene,The only thing I was iffy about were the amount of the CCs in the sodium pentothal procedure. [The warden's] instructions were for mixing a smaller amount

Doctor: Lethal injections are 'catastrophically flawed'  -  Apr 27, 2007
Indianapolis Star,..."We looked at experts' testimony in other states," Buss said, and decided the new amount, 5 grams of sodium pentothal, was certain to be effective.

Ducks find a way to have fun again, and win  -  Apr 26, 2007
OCRegister,Parting shot:From Burke, during an interview Tuesday with Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun: "I'm not being cryptic . . . if you gave me sodium pentothal (truth

Ducks find a way to have fun again, and win  -  26 Apr 2007
OCRegister,Parting shot:From Burke, during an interview Tuesday with Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun: "I'm not being cryptic . . . if you gave me sodium pentothal (truth

SAN FRANCISCO Study questions first drug dose in executions  -  Apr 24, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,That earlier study, which said sub-potent amounts of the anesthetic sodium pentothal were found in the corpses of executed inmates, helped to propel the

Lethal Injections May Not Be Effective  -  Apr 24, 2007
E Canada Now,The cocktail uses sodium pentothal to render the inmate unconscious, potassium chloride to stop the heart and pancuronium bromide to stop respiration.

State doubling anesthetic given during executions  -  Apr 20, 2007
WTHR,While the state attorney general's office has denied that argument, the amount of sodium pentothal to be injected during executions is being increased from

State to double anesthetic given during execution  -  Apr 19, 2007
Indianapolis Star,He said the execution protocol now calls for 5 grams of sodium pentothal instead of 2.5 grams, according to a written summary of the conference issued by

Lawyers question execution change  -  Apr 19, 2007
Indianapolis Star,According to a court document summarizing the discussion, the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City has increased the amount of sodium pentothal -- the

Lawmakers to Monitor Execution Reforms  -  Mar 30, 2007
Lakeland Ledger,The chemicals are injected in a sequence, first sodium pentothal to deaden pain, then the muscle paralyzer, pancuronium bromide, and finally the fatal drug,

McCaffery: Without question, it’s time for answers  -  Mar 15, 2007
The Delaware County Times,...when for another buck they could have made him a well-deserved millionaire -- but make him promise, first, to mainline some sodium pentothal.

Time flies when you're having fun  -  Mar 5, 2007
Contra Costa Times,Or a stash of sodium pentothal. Or a couple of no-necked associates named Guido and Vito." "I see. You weren't in a position to give me any of that."

Changes Recommended for Fla. Executions  -  Mar 1, 2007
FOX NewsCharlie Crist ask prison officials to routinely investigate "less problematic" alternatives for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride

Florida panel recommends changes to lethal injection procedures  -  Mar 1, 2007
JURISTCurrently Florida uses the chemicals sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride [Wikipedia backgrounders], to sedate, paralyze and kill

Ex-Abu Ghraib commander distrusts confession  -  Mar 22, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Karpinski speculated Mohammed may have been given injections of sodium pentothal, a so-called truth serum. She turned aside a question about the possibility

Execution on standby  -  Mar 19, 2007
Tribune Chronicle,The three medicines given are sodium pentothal to relax the inmate. The second in Pancuronium Bromide, which stops breathing, and the third is Potassium

Daddy dearest: TV dads do their worst  -  Mar 18, 2007
San Mateo County Times,...under a torturous interrogation by Jack and told Jack about the aforementioned dastardly deeds, he injects Graem with an overdose of Hyoscine-pentothal.

Tragedy of Buddy Miley lingers 10 years later  -  Mar 18, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,With the click of a switch, the machine would release a lethal cocktail of concentrated Pentothal, to induce a coma, and potassium chloride,

EHartford man, friend had guns at ready during drug raids  -  Mar 9, 2007
Journal Inquirer,Inside, they say, they found three boxes of Pentothal, a strong barbiturate that can be used as a general anaesthetic, and $74000 in cash.

Changes to executions recommended  -  Mar 1, 2007
Ireland Online,...problematic� alternatives for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride, the chemicals used to sedate, paralyse and kill inmates.

Governor receives execution proposals  -  Mar 2, 2007
Gainesville Sun,Inmates are first injected with sodium pentothal to render them unconscious, followed by pancuronium bromide to paralyze the muscles.

THV Extra: Is Lethal Injection Too Painful?  -  Mar 1, 2007
Today's THV,The first drug that is injected is sodium pentothal and that, in this state, is the fatal dose. Once that dose is given, the inmate’s not getting up off

Changes recommended for Fla. executions  -  Mar 1, 2007
Denver Post,Charlie Crist ask prison officials to routinely investigate "less problematic" alternatives for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium

Panel: Governor Should Review Lethal Injection Chemicals  -  Mar 1, 2007
First Coast News,Crist ask prison officials to routinely investigate "less problematic" alternatives for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride -- the

Panel: Crist Should Review Death Drugs  -  Mar 1, 2007
The Ledger,The 11-page draft report does not suggest replacements for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride - the chemicals used to sedate,

Panel: Governor should review lethal injection chemicals  -  Feb 28, 2007
Florida Times-Union,Crist ask prison officials to routinely investigate "less problematic" alternatives for sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride - the

Man kills son for insurance money  -  Feb 27, 2007
Hindustan Times,...“Small doses of intravenous infusion of sodium pentothal was administered into his body,� said a CID officer. “We arrested him only after he confessed to

Father kills son for insurance money  -  Feb 26, 2007
Hindustan Times,..."We arrested him only after he confessed to the crime after small doses of intravenous infusion of sodium pentothal was administered into his body," a CID

Nepal Police going hi-tech  -  Feb 25, 2007
Kantipur Online,In this method, experts inject a subject with hypnotics like Sodium Pentothal or Sodium Amytal under laboratory controlled circumstances.

A Look at the Midwest Region  -  Mar 11, 2007
International News Service,BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW: Ernest H. Volwiler, the inventor of sodium pentothal, was a Miami alum (class of 1911). LOCATION: Corpus Christi. ENROLLMENT: 8600.

The Death Penalty.....A life for a life?  -  25 Feb 2007
ProgressiveU.org,Almost all the states use the same 3-drug combination for lethal injections: sodium pentothal (an anesthetic, also called Thiopental sodium),

O'Sullivan  -  Feb 21, 2007
Tucson Weekly,In addition, while a veterinarian will simply use a large dose of Sodium Pentothal to send Rover to the next world, executioners administer a second

Lethal injection changes sought  -  Feb 20, 2007
Detroit Free Press,...a fast-acting barbiturate followed by drugs to paralyze and kill the inmate. The three-drug protocol became:. • Sodium pentothal to put the inmate to sleep.

The Big Question  -  Feb 18, 2007
Yahoo! Sports...is not green – he is so self-aware and honest on others, like the burden of performing, that you'd swear he'd taken a sodium pentothal dart to the neck.

The Needle and the Damage Done  -  Feb 11, 2007
The Ledger,Chapman’s method works like this: The execution team inserts an IV line, and then the condemned is given sodium pentothal, the first of three drugs.

Death penalty, the jury is in  -  Feb 8, 2007
SFA The Pine Log Online,Can you even imagine the amount of terror that you would be experiencing as you could feel the cold rush of Sodium Pentothal traveling to your heart?

Death penalty puts 'healers' in ethical quandry  -  Feb 9, 2007
Journal Inquirer,With that, the execution began with the administration of the first of three chemicals flowing into his body via an intravenous line: sodium pentothal,

24 Season Six - Hour Seven: No Way Out  -  Feb 6, 2007
Blogcritics.org,He has Burke inject some lovely hyocine-pentothal. This makes Graham get all sweaty, which in my book, is pretty bad. But Jack feels that pain must be

Experts testify on botched execution  -  Feb 13, 2007
Gainesville Sun,The inmate is first injected with sodium pentothal to render them unconscious, followed by pancuronium bromide to paralyze the muscles.

California's Lethal Dilemma  -  Feb 8, 2007
City on a Hill Press,Five grams of sodium pentothal to induce a state of unconsciousness. Fifty cubic centimeters of pancuronium bromide to stop all non-cardiomuscular movement,

Botched Diaz execution prompts further study by commission  -  Jan 28, 2007
Gainesville Sun,The inmate is first injected with a sedative called sodium pentothal, followed by a paralytic called pancuronium bromide that freezes the muscles.

WHATEVER IT TAKES  -  Feb 9, 2007
New Yorker,...“He’ll inject chemicals that cause horrible pain that can knock down your defenses—a sort of sodium pentothal plus,� Gordon said. “When we’re stuck, we say,

Give him the lie  -  Jan 14, 2007
Hindustan Times,Sodium Pentothal, for instance, could make the suspect so garrulous and ‘confessional’ that he ‘sings like a bird’. Medical detection of false testimony

China: Tests for the killers of 17 people underway  -  Jan 5, 2007
SomaliNetAccording to a report, the accused will be injected with sodium pentothal, also known as truth serum, in the hope they will lose their capacity to lie.

Cold facts of execution lead to scary conclusion  -  Jan 4, 2007
The News-Press,This is a problem because the first drug given is Pentothal, which rapidly induces coma, and the second is Tubocurarine, which causes paralysis of

Maryland Halts Executions Until Lethal Injection Process is Clarified  -  Dec 20, 2006
FOX NewsSodium pentothal makes the inmate unconscious, pancurium bromide paralyzes the inmate's breathing, and potassium chloride stops the heart.

Is lethal injection barbaric? Ohio revisits the ethics of execution  -  Jan 11, 2007
The Athens News,In it, Heath pointed out that Ohio uses only 2 grams of the barbiturate pentothal, a dose considerably lower than what is prescribed in many other

Death penalty miscue  -  Dec 25, 2006
Washington Times,California's three-drug protocol starts with an injection of sodium pentothal that is 12? times the amount given to patients to begin invasive surgery.

What are Narco Analysis Tests?  -  Jan 9, 2007
Rediff,Experts inject the subject with Sodium Pentothal or Sodium Amytal. The dose is dependent on the person's sex, age, health and physical condition.

More Bones Found In India Serial Case  -  Jan 9, 2007
Post ChronicleHe and his servant, Surender Koli, were arrested and Tuesday Pandher was questuioned under the drug sodium pentothal in the city of Gandhinagar,

In New Delhi, Murder Most Grisly  -  Jan 8, 2007
TIMEInvestigators have subjected both Kohli and Pandher to treatments of sodium pentothal, or truth serum, even though any evidence gathered under such

One alleged Noida serial killer undergoes narco analysis  -  Jan 8, 2007
Gulf News,Surendra went through the lie-detector test which uses the truth serum (sodium pentothal or sodium amytal) at the Forensic Sciences Laboratory in

The search for truth with a serum  -  Jan 7, 2007
Times of India,Now, sodium thiopental or sodium pentothal is widely used as a truth serum. This drug decreases higher cortical brain functioning. The main hypothesis that

Tests on India killings accused  -  Jan 5, 2007
BBC News,In a report, the Hindustan Times newspaper says the accused will be injected with sodium pentothal, also known as truth serum, in the hope they will lose

UP govt bows: Orders CBI probe into Noida killings  -  Jan 5, 2007
Central Chronicle,The duo will be given sodium pentothal injections that will make them semi-conscious so as to ferret out the truth behind their involvement in murdering 30

Drive to save accused’s lives  -  Jan 4, 2007
Hindustan Times,In a narco-analysis test, the subject is given an intravenous injection of sodium pentothal after which he loses control on himself within five to seven

Review: Code Name: The Cleaner  -  Jan 4, 2007
Cinematical,The movie is full of dumb movie cliches: a chase scene in an airport, a time-sensitive scramble for a magical computer chip ... even sodium pentothal makes

Truth serum to rescue Nithari case  -  Jan 4, 2007
Moneycontrol.com,Moninder Singh and Surinder will be injected with Sodium Pentothal, popularly known as the truth serum. The injection will make them semi-conscious so that

New Albany man's execution fought  -  Jan 4, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,..."It is highly unlikely that sodium pentothal (the sedative used in Indiana) will provide a sedative effect through the entire execution process," the suit

Time running out for a cruel and unusual punishment  -  Dec 29, 2006
The Australian,Diaz was supposed to die inside 15 minutes from the standard, three-phase lethal cocktail of drugs: sodium pentothal to render the inmate unconscious,

Arsenal of Death: What Horrors Will the Future Unleash?  -  Dec 29, 2006
Signal,...under whose banner scores of Americans were sacrificed, was an umbrella project that made use of radiation, electroshock, sodium pentothal, cannabis,

Maryland court halts executions  -  Dec 20, 2006
MSNBCSodium pentothal makes the inmate unconscious, pancurium bromide paralyzes the inmate's breathing and potassium chloride stops the heart.

Death penalty miscue  -  Dec 25, 2006
Washington Times,...he cited Virginia as a model -- for executions using the typical three-drug protocol, or that the state could administer a lethal dose of sodium pentothal only ...

Judge decries state's lethal injections, seeks change 30-day ...  -  Dec 15, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle,California and virtually every other state with lethal injections use a sequence of three drugs: the sedative sodium pentothal, to cause unconsciousness; the ...

Court halts Maryland executions  -  Dec 19, 2006
San Jose Mercury News,Sodium pentothal makes the inmate unconscious, pancurium bromide paralyzes the inmate's breathing, and potassium chloride stops the heart. ...

Maryland court halts executions  -  Dec 20, 2006
MSNBCSodium pentothal makes the inmate unconscious, pancurium bromide paralyzes the inmate's breathing and potassium chloride stops the heart. ...

Florida, California Stop Lethal Injection: US States Must Put ...  -  Dec 19, 2006
Bay Area Indymedia,Under this system, the prisoner is injected with a massive dose of the anesthetic sodium pentothal, which should render him unconscious and stop his breathing. ...

Easley urged to halt executions  -  Dec 21, 2006
News & Observer,...of three chemicals. The first chemical is sodium pentothal, a barbiturate intended to put the inmate to sleep. The second chemical ...

Quest for truth still lacks a serum  -  Nov 27, 2006
Chicago Tribune,...throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Other drugs also were tried, most famously the barbiturates Pentothal and Amytal. But by the 1950s ...

'Botched' execution takes 34 mins, two injections  -  Dec 14, 2006
NEWS.com.au,Under the protocol, the inmate is given sodium pentothal to render him unconscious. Next, pancuronium bromide is given to paralyze the lungs. ...

Lethal Injection Under Microscope  -  Dec 16, 2006
Forbes,A study published last year in the British medical journal The Lancet concluded that the painkiller, sodium pentothal, could wear off before inmates die ...

Florida death penalty critics seek stay of executions on ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
JURISTOfficials had to administer the sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride cocktail twice, during which time witnesses claim he grimaced ...

Emergency Petition Calls For Halt To Florida Executions  -  Dec 14, 2006
All Headline NewsDepartment of Corrections officials said they had to take the rare step of giving Diaz a second dose of drugs (sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide, and ...

Lengthy execution sparks protests from state death-penalty ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
Palm Beach Post,The first, sodium pentothal, is a painkiller; the second, pancuronium bromide, paralyzes the person; and the third, potassium chloride, stops the heart. ...

Diaz ordeal raises legal challenges  -  Dec 15, 2006
Gainesville Sun,The inmate is first injected with sodium pentothal to render them unconscious, followed by pancuronium bromide to paralyze the muscles. ...

Slow death raises execution questions  -  Dec 14, 2006
St. Petersburg Times,Sodium thiopental, a sedative also known as Sodium Pentothal that quickly causes loss of consciousness; pancuronium bromide, used to paralyze the entire muscle ...

Procedure likely cause of lengthy death  -  Dec 15, 2006
Florida Today,Hill and Rutherford both were pronounced dead within 13 minutes of administering doses of sodium Pentothal, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.

Diaz autopsy findings 'different'  -  Dec 15, 2006
PensacolaNewsJournal.com,...in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, respectively — were pronounced dead within 13 minutes of administering doses of sodium Pentothal, pancuronium bromide ...

Death row under fire  -  Dec 16, 2006
7DAYS,...of executions since then. The condemned is strapped to a gurney and injected with anesthetic sodium pentothal. The prisoner, now ...

Following botched Florida lethal injection: Executions on hold in ...  -  Dec 18, 2006
Bay Area Indymedia,A study published last year in the British medical journal the Lancet, however, concluded that the first drug, sodium pentothal, can wear off before the inmate ...

US appeals court to hear arguments on lethal injection  -  Dec 6, 2006
International Herald Tribune,Ohio uses a three-drug cocktail: sodium pentothal, a barbiturate; pancuronium bromide, a paralyzing agent; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart. ...

Inmates argue lethal injection violates Constitution  -  Dec 8, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer,Ohio uses a three-drug cocktail in its executions: sodium pentothal to induce a coma, pancuronium bromide to induce paralysis and potassium chloride to stop ...

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