it depends on what drug you're talking about.
the amitriptyline cocktail method is considered extremely reliable and PPeH talks about it.
this is the method I was gonna use before I learned about SN.
if amitriptyline is not prescribed a lot for depression it's because new antidepressants came to the market, the SSRIs, which are safer in overdoses and have less side-effects so people tolerate they more.
but it's still prescribed a lot when we're talking about insomnia, migraines, nocturia etc.
I went to the doctor and just said that I was taking it before with other doctor (it was a lie, I never took it before) to treat my insomnia, it worked very well, but I stopped due to weight gain, and now I wanna go back to it because my insomnia got worse - that's pretty much what I said, and he have me the prescription instantly. was not hard at all. besides insomnia, if I told him I had migraines, that would be an extra reason to prescript, since it also treats migraines.
but now talking about other drugs, if you check
Marilyn Monroe suicide, you'll see that the drug she used to do it is now banned or restricted.
maybe just like this drug, a lot of others have been banned too.
and the companies want to make money, they don't wanna waste investments on something that's gonna disappear from the market or give them legal trouble.
when we're talking about epidiomological statistics, now overdose suicide attempts look terrible, but these statistics don't tell a lot, as these numbers are drawn down by people who attempt to CTB with things like paracetamol, sertraline or risperidone. they not only don't die, but also become extremely sick. yes, people make bad choices. so many try to CTB with drugs that are anything but suitable for CTB, therefore the general statistics look terrible.
but if you look at statistics of people who took more than 5g of amitriptyline dissolved in water, one hour after taking 30mg of metoclopramide, and they were alone and not found in time to be taken to the hospital, these people died.
the PPeH recommends 30mg of metoclopramide and, one hour later, 8 to 10g of amitriptyline dissolved in a cup of water. this is extremely reliable.
some people have died with as little as 3g of amitriptyline. so when we talk about drug overdoses, we need to ask ourselves what especifically is the drug we're talking about, what's the reliability, how much time does it take, how peaceful it is, what about storage and shelf life of drugs, and what's the dangers of failing.
the PPeH also talks about opioids, insulin, chloroquine, propoxypheme, and what they call "the lethal drug mixtures".
study it instead of being like other people who just do it on impulse with paracetamol or risperidone, and then the epidemiological statistics will be irrevelant for you.
there are reliable options, you really just need to know what you're doing.