Sodium thiopental

group of stereoisomers
Subclass of	chemical compound
Get use	truth drug, capital punishment
Chemical formula	C₁₁H₁₇N₂NaO₂S
Canonical SMILES	CCCC(C)C1(C(=O)NC(=NC1=O)[S-])CC.[Na+]
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name	thiopental sodium
Medical condition treated	intracranial hypertension
Subject has role	anticonvulsant agent, hypnotics and sedatives, GABA Modulators, intravenous anesthetics, essential medicine

Sodium thiopental, dem sanso know as thiopental sodium anaa thiopentone wey dem dey sell am under de brand name Pentothal, be a rapid-onset short-acting barbiturate general anesthetic. E be de thiobarbiturate analog of pentobarbital, den an analog of thiobarbital. Sodium thiopental be a therapeutic alternative on de World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.^[1] Na e be de first of three drugs dem administer during chaw lethal injections insyd de United States til na de US division of Hospira object den stop dey manufacture de drug insyd 2011, den de European Union ban de export of de drug for dis purpose.^[2] Although thiopental abuse dey carry a dependency risk, ein recreational use be rare.^[3]

Sodium thiopental be well-known insyd popular culture, especially under de name "sodium pentothal," as a "truth serum," although ein efficacy insyd dis role be questioned.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ World Health Organization (2025). The selection and use of essential medicines, 2025: WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, 24th list. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/382243.
↑ "Death Penalty Opposition: EU Set to Ban Export of Drug Used in US Executions". Spiegel Online International. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
↑ Bryson EO (December 2014). "The Abuse of Agents Used to Induce or Maintain General Anesthesia: Intravenous Hypnotics and the Halogenated Hydrocarbons". In Kaye AD, Vadivelu N, Urman RD (eds.). Substance abuse: inpatient and outpatient management for every clinician. New York: Springer. p. 115. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1951-2_10. ISBN 978-1-4939-1951-2. OCLC 897466425.
↑ "Can a drug make you tell the truth?". BBC News. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
↑ Orwig, Jessica. "'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

External links

Vassallo, Susi, M.D. "Thiopental in Lethal Injection" (Archive). Fordham Urban Law Journal. Vol. 35, issue 4. June 18, 2008. pp. 957–968.

[WHO24th-1] World Health Organization (2025). The selection and use of essential medicines, 2025: WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, 24th list. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/382243.

[2] "Death Penalty Opposition: EU Set to Ban Export of Drug Used in US Executions". Spiegel Online International. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

[3] Bryson EO (December 2014). "The Abuse of Agents Used to Induce or Maintain General Anesthesia: Intravenous Hypnotics and the Halogenated Hydrocarbons". In Kaye AD, Vadivelu N, Urman RD (eds.). Substance abuse: inpatient and outpatient management for every clinician. New York: Springer. p. 115. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1951-2_10. ISBN 978-1-4939-1951-2. OCLC 897466425.

[4] "Can a drug make you tell the truth?". BBC News. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

[5] Orwig, Jessica. "'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

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