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lostmylove

lostmylove

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Have no idea what I'm going to do if D doesn't sell anymore. I've tried to put it off until last 2 weeks before doing it as I have set date. Now I look like a dumbass for not ordering.

There's no fking way I'm staying stuck on this shithole planet while wait for a new cowboy to pop up selling this stuff. So distraught . Emailed him today no response.
 
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Treeline589

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Emailed him today no response.
I know it sucks to not know if he is still providing N, and it is hard to wait but give it at least a day or so before you write him off
 
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Sep 24, 2020
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In a world filled with so much suffering, we all deserve the option of a peaceful exit at a time of our own choosing. It is cruel expecting people to suffer for decades against their wishes. It must be so comforting having the option of N to leave this world.
 
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Apr 10, 2022
228
I feel like the universe is just giving me the middle finger at every turn I wasted my SN by chickening out and was going to buy N last year but for some reason didn't consider this would ever happen. I feel like a fool now who will just suffer on for years to come. It should be our right to go out painlessly :(
 
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lostmylove

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I feel like the universe is just giving me the middle finger at every turn I wasted my SN by chickening out and was going to buy N last year but for some reason didn't consider this would ever happen. I feel like a fool now who will just suffer on for years to come. It should be our right to go out painlessly :(
I really hope this isn't the case I'm going to end up doing serious damage to myself and degrade myself in process before finally checkout if I don't have this option. :(
 
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Jumper Seoirse

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Apr 8, 2022
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I wouldn't panic may be a price hike but even though they don't care about human suffering they won't let our animals suffer.

Cheers

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CemetryGates

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Apr 10, 2022
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I really hope this isn't the case I'm going to end up doing serious damage to myself and degrade myself in process before finally checkout if I don't have this option. :(
Same here, it's not going to stop me it might hinder me but I will eventually die on my terms.
 
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Sunset Limited

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Jul 29, 2019
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Pentobarbital supply was already declining. N is used for euthanasia only. Even without pentobarbital, there are many options on the table when it comes to euthanasia for a veterinarian. Anesthetic + lidocaine (Anestofol is used in Russia) Anesthetic + neuromuscular blocker. These drugs are widely used in surgeries. In the country I live in, there is no N for 10 years. T61 is used in animal euthanasia.

Worse scenario, if N isn't around for long, the vets go with other options. Demand for pentobarbital decreases. I actually expected this to happen. Governments will encourage veterinarians to continue with other options. Because pentobarbital for CTB is easy to use, you can drink it. Others only IV. In the future, I can see a scenario where pentobarbital is produced only for euthanasia institutions.
 
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What's the deal around Peru?

That was my plan as I prefer to avoid SN due to gi issues
 
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Jumper Seoirse

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Apr 8, 2022
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What's the deal around Peru?

That was my plan as I prefer to avoid SN due to gi issues
The PPeh website said to book your tickets but I have read numerous reports of people traveling to South America and not being able to buy it.

Hopefully, the shortage is only temporary here's more information, they seem to be increasing supplies, Pentobarbital Shortage Info

Cheers

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The PPeh website said to book your tickets but I have read numerous reports of people traveling to South America and not being able to buy it.

Hopefully, the shortage is only temporary here's more information, they seem to be increasing supplies, Pentobarbital Shortage Info

Cheers

Jumper Seoirse

Where can I read such reports
 
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Jumper Seoirse

Student
Apr 8, 2022
160
Here is what it says I put the link next to supplies, but I think the PPeH are slow off the mark in 2021, Health Canada and CAHI received reports of a global shortage of pentobarbital sodium due to an explosion at an overseas manufacturing site that occurred in December 2020, surely they must have recovered and rebuilt it as people have been receiving from 2020 through to now.

Your welcome SS. Cheers

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Anticipated shortage of euthanasia products for animals

Last updated
2022-03-10

Summary

Product
Euthanasia products for animals
Issue
Health products - New safety information
Health products - Product safety
What to do
See Key Messages below
Audience
Health professionals

Affected products

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Product NameDINInjectable StrengthSpecies
DORMINAL02333708240 MG / MLDogs, cats, horses, cattle, laboratory animals and birds
EUTHANYL00141704240 MG / MLDogs, cats, horses, cattle, mink, laboratory animals and birds
EUTHANYL FORTE00241326540 MG / MLDogs, cats, horses, cattle, mink, laboratory animals and birds


Issue

UPDATED INFORMATION – March 10, 2022
Further to the Health Canada communication below, issued on June 15, 2021, while initial estimates of supply and demand forecasted that the global shortage could impact Canada's supply in early 2022, careful allocation of product supply throughout 2021 has successfully prevented a shortage in Canada to date. Additional supplies of pentobarbital sodium have now been secured, and it is expected that there should be adequate supply to cover normal Canadian demand in 2022. In November 2021, Health Canada also approved a new euthanasia product containing pentobarbital sodium for the Canadian market.
The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association continues to make available, through their website, Guidance for Veterinarians on Euthanasia Methods that Do Not Include Pentobarbital Sodium. The current document can be accessed by CVMA members as well as non-members on the National Issues page of the Policy & Advocacy section of the CVMA website, canadianveterinarians.net. This is a live document that will be updated as new information becomes available.


June 15, 2021
Due to a global shortage, availability in Canada of currently licensed euthanasia products containing pentobarbital sodium, manufactured by Vétoquinol and Rafter8 Products Inc., is expected to impact the existing supply in mid- to late 2021 and continue until mid-2022. Health Canada is working in collaboration with CAHI (the national association representing industry), the CVMA, drug manufacturers, importers and distributors to mitigate the impact on the veterinary health system and Canadians requiring end-of-life care for their animals/pets.

Audience

Veterinary practitioners

Key messages

  • Due to a global shortage of pentobarbital sodium, the active ingredient used in most euthanasia products for animals, a shortage is expected to impact the existing Canadian supply in mid- to late 2021 and continue until mid-2022.
  • Health Canada, the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) are working together with manufacturers, importers and distributors to help minimize the impact of the shortage and communicate information and updates broadly.
    • Veterinary practitioners have been advised of the situation.
    • Canadian veterinary drug distributors have developed allocation plans in order to ensure that available supply is distributed as evenly as possible.
    • The CVMA, through an expert advisory committee that includes veterinary pharmacists, anesthesiologists, palliative care experts and species specialists, is developing resources and guidance on products, methods and protocols that can be used as alternatives to pentobarbital sodium products for euthanasia.
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Background

Earlier in 2021, Health Canada and CAHI received reports of a global shortage of pentobarbital sodium due to an explosion at an overseas manufacturing site that occurred in December 2020.
Health Canada, CAHI and the CVMA have been working closely with drug manufacturers, importers and distributors to ensure that an information-sharing network is established and that advice is available for veterinary health professionals.
Health Canada is currently assessing whether foreign authorized alternative euthanasia products could potentially be imported on a temporary basis to mitigate this shortage.
With respect to supply chain and distribution, CAHI is working with its membership and stakeholders to carefully manage existing and expected inventories of currently licensed pentobarbital sodium products, while longer-term mitigation strategies are developed. This includes allocations for all orders of pentobarbital sodium products, effective immediately, and the development of key messaging and resources for veterinary practitioners.
The CVMA, through an expert advisory committee that includes veterinary pharmacists, anesthesiologists, palliative care experts and species specialists is developing resources and guidance on products, methods and protocols that can be used as alternatives to pentobarbital sodium products for euthanasia that will be shared broadly across Canada's veterinary health system.

Information for veterinary practitioners

In order to ensure that all clinics across Canada can continue to access existing inventories, veterinarians can support the management of current inventories of pentobarbital sodium by:
  • administering ONLY the recommended dose of pentobarbital sodium euthanasia products unless more is absolutely necessary; and
  • ordering ONLY the amount of pentobarbital sodium euthanasia products needed to cover their immediate clinic/practice needs.

Report health or safety concerns

For more information or inquiries related to this communication, contact Health Canada at:
Veterinary Drugs Directorate
E-mail: [email protected]
 
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Starchaser

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Looks like we're fucked

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Cathy Ames

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Mar 11, 2022
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Pentobarbital supply was already declining. N is used for euthanasia only. Even without pentobarbital, there are many options on the table when it comes to euthanasia for a veterinarian. Anesthetic + lidocaine (Anestofol is used in Russia) Anesthetic + neuromuscular blocker. These drugs are widely used in surgeries. In the country I live in, there is no N for 10 years. T61 is used in animal euthanasia.

Worse scenario, if N isn't around for long, the vets go with other options. Demand for pentobarbital decreases. I actually expected this to happen. Governments will encourage veterinarians to continue with other options. Because pentobarbital for CTB is easy to use, you can drink it. Others only IV. In the future, I can see a scenario where pentobarbital is produced only for euthanasia institutions.
Red Scare shared a link with discussion about the situation in the US and Canada with respect to veterinary euthanasia in the context of the shortage. Long story short, in the US they don't think the other options are as good (and I think it said T61 was not allowed to be used in the US?). I think it will come back. I don't know whether D will be able to go back to selling it, but I don't think it is going to completely disappear in the near future. While it is in shortage, the manufacturers are keeping really close watch over where it is going, so I imagine it has become increasingly difficult for D to get it. [This happened with a lot of drugs in the earlier part of the pandemic. Lots of rationing.] It might have been okay, but I think there was a huge uptick in demand? I mean, it seems like every day there are multiple new people in this forum whose first post (or so) is about how to get N.
 
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SuicidallyCurious

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Red Scare shared a link with discussion about the situation in the US and Canada with respect to veterinary euthanasia in the context of the shortage. Long story short, in the US they don't think the other options are as good (and I think it said T61 was not allowed to be used in the US?). I think it will come back. I don't know whether D will be able to go back to selling it, but I don't think it is going to completely disappear in the near future. While it is in shortage, the manufacturers are keeping really close watch over where it is going, so I imagine it has become increasingly difficult for D to get it. [This happened with a lot of drugs in the earlier part of the pandemic. Lots of rationing.] It might have been okay, but I think there was a huge uptick in demand? I mean, it seems like every day there are multiple new people in this forum whose first post (or so) is about how to get N.

I hope the Chinese will somehow come in and save the day with N availability. They're behind everything else that the street pushers sell anyway
 
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Cathy Ames

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Mar 11, 2022
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surely they must have recovered and rebuilt it as people have been receiving from 2020 through to now.

Thanks! That article I mentioned said that (although supply in the US currently seems okay) they expect the shortage (I guess the GLOBAL shortage?) might continue through late 2022. I relocated the article.

 
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Sunset Limited

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Jul 29, 2019
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Red Scare shared a link with discussion about the situation in the US and Canada with respect to veterinary euthanasia in the context of the shortage. Long story short, in the US they don't think the other options are as good (and I think it said T61 was not allowed to be used in the US?). I think it will come back. I don't know whether D will be able to go back to selling it, but I don't think it is going to completely disappear in the near future. While it is in shortage, the manufacturers are keeping really close watch over where it is going, so I imagine it has become increasingly difficult for D to get it. [This happened with a lot of drugs in the earlier part of the pandemic. Lots of rationing.] It might have been okay, but I think there was a huge uptick in demand? I mean, it seems like every day there are multiple new people in this forum whose first post (or so) is about how to get N.
The drug combinations I mentioned are peaceful, I just don't know much about T61. The reason they still use pentobarbital is because it is produced specifically for euthanasia. Easy to use as a single agent. As it is an euthanasia agent, it is not prepared for therapeutic doses. High concentration. Propofol, rocuronium, ketamine, lidocaine are produced for treatment. That's why it's low concentration. Euthanasia with propofol and rocuronium may require a second injection of propofol to maintenance of deep sedation. For such reasons, the use of pentobarbital is more practical. However, euthanasia without pentobarbital is done with the drugs I mentioned. If I wanted to curb pentobarbital abuse, the high concentration ketamine + rocuronium combination would be a good idea. You cannot drink this. So pentobarbital isn't the only option for euthanasia. A new sales formula is required, in which only other drugs are redosed for euthanasia. It is impossible to predict what will happen in the future. I guess it just has to do with how governments deal with ongoing pentobarbital suicides.
 
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Cathy Ames

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Mar 11, 2022
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The drug combinations I mentioned are peaceful, I just don't know much about T61. The reason they still use pentobarbital is because it is produced specifically for euthanasia. Easy to use as a single agent. As it is an euthanasia agent, it is not prepared for therapeutic doses. High concentration. Propofol, rocuronium, ketamine, lidocaine are produced for treatment. That's why it's low concentration. Euthanasia with propofol and rocuronium may require a second injection of propofol to maintenance of deep sedation. For such reasons, the use of pentobarbital is more practical. However, euthanasia without pentobarbital is done with the drugs I mentioned. If I wanted to curb pentobarbital abuse, the high concentration ketamine + rocuronium combination would be a good idea. You cannot drink this. So pentobarbital isn't the only option for euthanasia. A new sales formula is required, in which only other drugs are redosed for euthanasia. It is impossible to predict what will happen in the future. I guess it just has to do with how governments deal with ongoing pentobarbital suicides.
They detailed some of the issues they had with some of the alternate methods in that article. I think it also mentioned that the preferred method(s) were different elsewhere. Possibly they'll do some additional work (clinical studies or whatever) that will help the US veterinarians become more comfortable with the alternate methods if they do end up needing to abandon pentobarbital.

I wasn't disagreeing with you about the methods being peaceful. I'm sure they are! I was just mentioning that (per the article) the US veterinarians have a strong preference for pentobarbital, which I think means it might stay available for a while. I'm speculating, in other words. It also makes sense that they might be forced to change to different methods.
 
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Sunset Limited

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Jul 29, 2019
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They detailed some of the issues they had with some of the alternate methods in that article. I think it also mentioned that the preferred method(s) were different elsewhere. Possibly they'll do some additional work (clinical studies or whatever) that will help the US veterinarians become more comfortable with the alternate methods if they do end up needing to abandon pentobarbital.

I wasn't disagreeing with you about the methods being peaceful. I'm sure they are! I was just mentioning that (per the article) the US veterinarians have a strong preference for pentobarbital, which I think means it might stay available for a while. I'm speculating, in other words. It also makes sense that they might be forced to change to different methods.
I don't think the number of cases of suicide with pentobarbital is enough to move governments into action right now. They don't seem to care much. What matters is what happens in Mexico (assuming D lives in Mexico). Because third world countries are not as meticulous as the USA and Canada about other methods. If pentobarbital is off for a long time, they can quickly turn to other drugs.
 
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ChrisLeeHZ

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Jul 26, 2021
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I hope the Chinese will somehow come in and save the day with N availability. They're behind everything else that the street pushers sell anyway
Chinese vets use Propofol and KCl for animal euthanasia,coz N is strictly controlled in China.
 
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lostmylove

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Apr 1, 2022
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I really hope we can still buy N. Even at inflated prices, I can't drink SN. I have digestive problems very bad. It would cause agony I think drinking it
 
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VoidDesirer22

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I really hope we can still buy N. Even at inflated prices, I can't drink SN. I have digestive problems very bad. It would cause agony I think drinking it
I really do feel for you, did you not have the funds to buy it earlier?

I got in as soon as utterly possible as I sensed this would happen.
 
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downndone2

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Jan 23, 2022
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Oh man, I havent ordered mine yet. I cant ctb until 2023 and am afraid of it getting confiscated in customs. If i were to be charged then my professional license would be in jeopardy. If i cant work, then I'm f#ucked. I was hoping to wait to order a few months prior to.
I suppose I better order pretty quick
 
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lostmylove

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Apr 1, 2022
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I really do feel for you, did you not have the funds to buy it earlier?

I got in as soon as utterly possible as I sensed this would happen.
I have the money to buy it, I've just put it off as I have a set date in mind, and I wanted to order it 2 weeks before the date now I'm just regretting it
 
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YourNeighbor

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Jul 22, 2021
423
People need to stop feeding into the panic. The shortage is expected to pass by mid/late 2022.

Also, people need to stop the damn panic buying/hoarding. So many comments here about people wanting some N "just in case." People across the world are dying from horrific diseases and will actually need N in the near term. It turns my stomach to think those people will be denied relief because some here have vague plans to suicide sometime in the next few years and want a few bottles of N lying around to alleviate some anxiety in the meantime. I realize that asking people to be considerate of others is often just pissing into the wind, but still.
 
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cleveland2011

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People need to stop feeding into the panic. The shortage is expected to pass by mid/late 2022.

Also, people need to stop the damn panic buying/hoarding. So many comments here about people wanting some N "just in case." People across the world are dying from horrific diseases and will actually need N in the near term. It turns my stomach to think those people will be denied relief because some here have vague plans to suicide sometime in the next few years and want a few bottles of N lying around to alleviate some anxiety in the meantime. I realize that asking people to be considerate of others is often just pissing into the wind, but still.

Yup. I'm dying of something. It's slow. But in the great scheme of things been pretty rapid since November.

I had things ready for order. Was hospitalized 2.5 weeks ago before I could do so. This happens in the meantime .

Hoping this shortage isn't for real.
 
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lostmylove

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Apr 1, 2022
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People need to stop feeding into the panic. The shortage is expected to pass by mid/late 2022.

Also, people need to stop the damn panic buying/hoarding. So many comments here about people wanting some N "just in case." People across the world are dying from horrific diseases and will actually need N in the near term. It turns my stomach to think those people will be denied relief because some here have vague plans to suicide sometime in the next few years and want a few bottles of N lying around to alleviate some anxiety in the meantime. I realize that asking people to be considerate of others is often just pissing into the wind, but still.
Ok but if it's meant to pass by mid late 2022 who cares I CANT WAIT TILL LATE 2022 I need to die in little other a month what a fucking joke
 
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SuicidallyCurious

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Chinese vets use Propofol and KCl for animal euthanasia,coz N is strictly controlled in China.

Yeh but the Chinese love to pump drugs into the west . They're notorious for doing this

Right out of the British playbook
 
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Starylain001

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Apr 10, 2022
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People need to stop feeding into the panic. The shortage is expected to pass by mid/late 2022.

Also, people need to stop the damn panic buying/hoarding. So many comments here about people wanting some N "just in case." People across the world are dying from horrific diseases and will actually need N in the near term. It turns my stomach to think those people will be denied relief because some here have vague plans to suicide sometime in the next few years and want a few bottles of N lying around to alleviate some anxiety in the meantime. I realize that asking people to be considerate of others is often just pissing into the wind, but still.
Totally agree. I suffer from incurable illness and every day is a struggle. I dont know if i will get to the mid/late of this year. My life is a horror. Probably gonna use the SN method.
Its not terminal illness but painful asf. Im tortured by my own body, cant study and work like people in my age. I just look for some rest.
 
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