• @[email protected]
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    3210 months ago

    I used to think Phenobarbarbital was sufficent for taking one’s life. That’s the only thing that gets discussed in media coverage of assisted suicide in my country.

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      3410 months ago

      IIRC, getting medication overdose to work is a coin flip depending on the patient. I think phenobarbital works pretty consistently, that’s why it’s not really prescribed for its non-lethal uses as often anymore, but they still throw in a bunch of other drugs in the euthanasia cocktail to increase the probability of a successful procedure.

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      510 months ago

      I imagine the morphine and diazepam will make the patient calm sleepy and maybe even euphoric?