Monday, January 24, 2011

Extermination drug - The deadly trio

The U.S. goes out of her medication for the lethal injection. Italy already refused for ethical reasons, to plug the holes. Whether German manufacturers provide the means to slaughter purposes is uncertain. Three injections to endure death row in the U.S. itself. Three times in different funds go through a long hose from the next room through a needle into her arm until they are eventually executed.

Thiopental in the first step is to rob consciousness. It is already so high doses that it would be lethal alone. Therefore, get sentenced to death in Ohio and Washington, the agent alone. In the other states, a second drug paralyzes the muscles, lungs, muscles included. Injection number three then stop the heart.

If everything works as planned, the death penalty is carried out in a few minutes. But it happens that the men and women fight for their lives longer. Now, granted by a drug shortage prisoners on death row reprieve. In Kentucky and California, for example, already have set no executions be carried out.

Elsewhere, there are still remnants - the expiration date has expired soon. For the only manufacturer in the U.S. who supplied the prison with the anesthetic drug thiopental, the production of the barbiturate in 2009, has closed. Easy to replace one substance of the deadly trio is not allowed - the composition is strictly determined.

Oklahoma tried their own methods and set ado an approved drug for animals, the anesthetic pentobarbital. This is not tested on humans. There followed numerous protests. With risks and side effects and thiopental is controversial drug. The anesthetic acts very quickly, usually within a few seconds, stunning but lasts only a few minutes.

is because of its side effects in medicine only to healthy people used for heart or lung disease are advised against the injection. It is often the last resort of choice: for example in intensive care as a continuous infusion, if nothing else helps to decrease the intracranial pressure, for example, or to stop a seizure.

It can cause liver damage affecting the respiratory negative and even cause a respiratory arrest. Similar negative effects are documented for the blood pressure, which can sag dangerous. In other patients, the pulse begins to race or the muscles around the airways cramp - that is, the drug must stand up to the tough competition, because there are other, well-tolerated anesthetic on the market.

A new sales opportunity, even if the American death row prisons, could therefore the pharmaceutical companies - are certainly better time - at least mathematically. Four German pharmaceutical company producing the anesthetic and could therefore be on the list of possible new suppliers. According to rumors, shopping in Europe, the U.S.

has tried their luck in the UK already. Italian manufacturer put across but for ethical reasons. A similar hope for the Federal Health Minister Philippe Rösler and German doctors now for Germany. They appeal open to the conscience of pharmaceutical companies. While it is still unknown whether it already received inquiries from overseas.

Even on a trade ban after Competent thought - without success. So I have followed the insistent request, do not do business with to death.

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