Recent news on Vecuronium Bromide

Inmate Scheduled To Die For 1994 Killing  Aug 28, 2006
...will receive a larger dose of the sedative sodium thiopental, which causes unconsciousness, before getting injected with vecuronium bromide, which stops ... -Channel Oklahoma.com

Death came quickly  Sep 1, 2006
The State then waits one minute before administering the rest of the lethal cocktail of drugs, vecuronium bromide to stop respiration and potassium chloride to ... -Chickasha Express Star

Inmate Scheduled To Die For 1994 Killing  29 Aug 2006
...will receive a larger dose of the sedative sodium thiopental, which causes unconsciousness, before getting injected with vecuronium bromide, which stops ... -Channel Oklahoma.com

Execution: Date Set: Killer to be first for new method  Aug 22, 2006
Sodium thiopental is used to make the offender unconscious. Vecuronium bromide stops respiration. Potassium chloride stops the heart. ... -Tulsa World (subscription)

Oklahoma's Lethal Injections Called Fatally Flawed  Aug 8, 2006
Oklahoma then administers the second drug — vecuronium bromide — through the right arm. Then it administers potassium chloride in the left arm. ... -Los Angeles Times

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