Discussion Did Kevorkian ever employ barbiturates? What was his reasoning, if not?

[NotWhatIExpected]

Did it have something to do with the vomiting?

 

[a_strange_day]

Twice Yes. The Thanatron/Thiopental. But he had to stop because his medical license had been revoked after the first two deaths, and he could no longer have legal access to the substances required for the "Thanatron"

After that he started using the Mercitron/Carbon monoxyde. Here's an interesting article about it : https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/jack-kevorkians-death-van-and-the-tech-of-assisted-suicide/239897/



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_device

 

[NotWhatIExpected]

Twice Yes. The Thanatron/Thiopental. But he had to stop because his medical license had been revoked after the first two deaths, and he could no longer have legal access to the substances required for the "Thanatron"

After that he started using the Mercitron/Carbon monoxyde. Here's an interesting article about it : https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/jack-kevorkians-death-van-and-the-tech-of-assisted-suicide/239897/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_device

Thank you, I think actually I remember reading that now

So the Potassium Chloride on its own would be likely to be pretty painful?

I guess the idea is that the Thiopental knocks you out enough where you can't feel it

I appreciate the picture a lot

I'm starting to get a little mentally unsure of myself so I'm gonna stop answering and sign out for a while

Thank you

 

[Matthias_k]

Twice Yes. The Thanatron/Thiopental. But he had to stop because his medical license had been revoked after the first two deaths, and he could no longer have legal access to the substances required for the "Thanatron"

After that he started using the Mercitron/Carbon monoxyde. Here's an interesting article about it : https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/jack-kevorkians-death-van-and-the-tech-of-assisted-suicide/239897/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_device

Thanks I had never heard of it. Very interesting story. Thanatron-Mercitron Love those names.

 

[IrRegularjoe]

I was thinking about how odd it was that he didn't have an assisted death. After all the work he did. Until it dawned on me that it was still illegal. Perhaps something happened behind the scenes.