thiopental
noun
thio·pen·tal
ˌthī-ō-ˈpen-ˌtal 
-ˌtȯl
: a barbiturate C11H18N2O2S used in the form of its sodium salt especially as an intravenous anesthetic compare pentothal
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One likely strategy is to continue to lobby the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow the importation of thiopental.
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Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
Other states replaced sodium thiopental with the benzodiazepine midazolam, which is also used as a sedative before medical procedures.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
The original three-drug protocol was developed by an Oklahoma state medical examiner and included the anesthetic sodium thiopental, a paralytic drug called pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, which is supposed to stop the heart within minutes.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
In July 2015, the state tried to import sodium thiopental, which had been used to carry out executions but was no longer manufactured by companies approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
—Jacques Billeaud, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2023
Lethal injection begins with a saline drip in the prisoner’s arm, followed by a dose of sodium thiopental, then pancuronium bromide, and finally potassium chloride.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
Brooks, a Texan who was given a fatal dose of sodium thiopental, was also the first person to be executed in Texas after an 18-year moratorium.
—Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Dec. 2022
Mississippi revised the protocol to allow the use of midazolam if thiopental or pentobarbital cannot be obtained.
—Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
Zivot and others have performed more than 200 autopsies on people killed by lethal injection using thiopental, pentobarbital or midazolam.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
Other states replaced sodium thiopental with the benzodiazepine midazolam, which is also used as a sedative before medical procedures.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
The original three-drug protocol was developed by an Oklahoma state medical examiner and included the anesthetic sodium thiopental, a paralytic drug called pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, which is supposed to stop the heart within minutes.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
In July 2015, the state tried to import sodium thiopental, which had been used to carry out executions but was no longer manufactured by companies approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
—Jacques Billeaud, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2023
Lethal injection begins with a saline drip in the prisoner’s arm, followed by a dose of sodium thiopental, then pancuronium bromide, and finally potassium chloride.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
Brooks, a Texan who was given a fatal dose of sodium thiopental, was also the first person to be executed in Texas after an 18-year moratorium.
—Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Dec. 2022
Mississippi revised the protocol to allow the use of midazolam if thiopental or pentobarbital cannot be obtained.
—Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
Zivot and others have performed more than 200 autopsies on people killed by lethal injection using thiopental, pentobarbital or midazolam.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
thi- + pentobarbital
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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thiopental
noun
thio·pen·tal
ˌthī-ō-ˈpen-ˌtal
-ˌtȯl
-ˌtȯl
: a barbiturate used in the form of its sodium salt C11H17N2NaO2S especially as an intravenous anesthetic see pentothal
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