Sodium thiopental

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Properties

Alt label

• Thiopental sodium

SES ID

• 454551
• 454553

Notation

• 454551

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Anaesthetics

Definition

• Rapid onset barbiturate anaesthetic also used for animal euthanasia; the export of sodium thiopental to countries with the death penality was banned by the EU in 2014 as it was also used in execution by lethal injection.