It never has, even in the times and places where capital punishment meant being drawn and quartered instead of injected with pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
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The muscle relaxant should be given intravenously to ensure optimal availability but pancuronium bromide may be administered intramuscularly at an increased dosage level of 40 mg.
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Then, a triple intravenous dose of a nondepolarizing neuromuscular muscle relaxant is given, such as 20 mg pancuronium bromide or 20 mg vecuronium bromide ( Norcuron ).
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Still further shortages of pancuronium bromide ( and the expiration of the existing stock ) forced the state into switching to a single-drug protocol, using solely pentobarbital.
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More specifically, opponents object to the use of pancuronium bromide, arguing that its use in lethal injection serves no useful purpose since the inmate is physically restrained.
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Joseph Cannon said he was sorry and closed his eyes, waiting for the kick of the $ 86 dosage of sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.
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McVeigh received a mixture of sodium thiopental, to sedate him, pancuronium bromide, a muscle relaxant that collapses the diaphragm and lungs; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
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McVeigh received a mixture of sodium thiopental, to sedate him; pancuronium bromide, a muscle relaxant that collapses the diaphragm and lungs; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
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The inmates'attorneys argue that the state's use of thiopental sodium, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride will cause the prisoners to " suffer excruciatingly painful and protracted deaths ."
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The typical dose for pancuronium bromide in capital punishment by lethal injection is 0.2 mg / kg and the duration of paralysis is around 4 to 8 hours.
