Sodium thiopental, also known as Sodium Pentothal (a trademark of Abbott Laboratories), thiopental, thiopentone, or Trapanal (also a trademark), is a...

of thiopental wears off after a few minutes because the thiopental redistributes from the brain to the rest of the body very quickly. Also thiopental has...

, phenobarbital and primidone) and general anesthetics (e.g., sodium thiopental). Barbiturates in high doses are used for medical aid in dying, and in...

Amytal) Methohexital (trade name: Brevital) Thiamylal (trade name: Surital) Thiopental (trade name: Penthothal, referred to as thiopentone in the UK) Benzodiazepines...

indicated for treating diseases. For instance, thiopental and pentobarbital are barbiturates; thiopental can be used for anesthesia, epilepsy as well as...

Sodium thiopental is a barbiturate and the first of the three drugs used in the American lethal injection cocktail. Hospira has supplied thiopental within...

USP diluent for use with the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Sodium thiopental is an anesthetic discovered by Abbott Laboratories in the 1930s. Hospira...

has been used or considered as a substitute for the barbiturate sodium thiopental used for capital punishment by lethal injection in the United States when...

have been influenced by the fact that the prison's inventory of sodium thiopental, one of the drugs required for lethal injection, would expire on October...

scopolamine, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, midazolam, flunitrazepam, sodium thiopental, and amobarbital, among others. Although a variety of such substances...