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sodium pentothal

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sodium pentothal
n.
Thiopental sodium.

Sodium Pentothal
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology)™ another name for thiopental sodium


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According to Alison Winter, a science historian at the University of Chicago, who has studied the origins and applications of truth serum, the term that was used to describe the use of certain drugs, most commonly barbiturates like sodium amytal and sodium pentothal, to try to extract truthful statements from people about their past experiences.
The drugs consist of sodium pentothal (also known as Thiopental), a barbiturate anesthetic that is supposed to render the inmate unconscious.
Her temperature is taken, she is administered an electrocardiogram to test the electrical activity of her heart, and she is given a muscle relaxant and sodium pentothal as an anesthetic.
 
 
 
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