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thiopental

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thiopental /thio·pen·tal/ (thi″o-pen´tal) an ultrashort-acting barbiturate; the sodium salt is used intravenously to induce general anesthesia, as an adjunct to general or local anesthesia, and as an anticonvulsant.
thiopental [thi″o-pen´tal]
an ultrashort-acting barbiturate, used in the form of the sodium salt as an intravenous anesthetic, to control convulsions produced during inhalation anesthesia, and in psychiatry for narcoanalysis.
thiopental, thiopentone
a thiobarbiturate used extensively as a short-acting general anesthetic, administered by intravenous injection. Used as the sodium salt.
thiopental
Pentothal® Anesthesiology An ultrashort IV barbiturate used to induce anesthesia
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And his lawyers say a drug he is taking for migraine may have created a resistance to thiopental which is used to put the condemned to sleep before two other lethal doses are administered.
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There is agreement that if the sodium thiopental is ineffective, it would be unconscionable to inject the second and third drugs into a conscious person.
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