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• n  a barbiturate used as a hypnotic

• Some drugssodium salicylate, atropine, pheno-barbitalhave been helpful in scattered cases in the past.

• veronal
• barbitone
• diethylbarbituric acid
• diethylmalonylurea

News & Articles

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• Texas Prisons Running out of Execution Drug
  The nation’s busiest death chamber might be slowed down. Texas prison officials announced they are running low on the drug used for lethal injections. They say the supply of pento-barbital will be gone in a couple of months. …
  Aug. 2, 2013 - Nightcap TV