pentobarbital
[ pen-tuh-bahr-bi-tawl, -tal ]
nounPharmacology.
a barbiturate, C11H17N2O3, used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
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A shortage of pentobarbital has forced some states to improvise, often with gruesome consequences.
That means it will need to get pentobarbital from a compounding pharmacy, another source of concern, experts say.
Therefore in 2011, manufacturers of pentobarbital stopped selling the product to states, creating a second shortage.
Oklahoma used pentobarbital—but reportedly obtained it from a compounding pharmacy.
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