Use Sodium Pentothal to stop smoking ? Posted: 06-22-07 02:13am
My husband wants desperatly to stop
smoking he has tried everything. Last
night he was watching Jay Leno and Samuel
Jackson was the guest. Samuel said that
he stopped smoking with injections of
Sodium Penathol he too tried everything
else like my husband and he said that he
has no cravings and it worked completely.
He failed to mention who he went to and
who does those kind of treatments? do you
know who we would contact to do this
procedure?
I couldn’t find any data at this time
about using Sodium Pentothal to treat
addiction from smoking. Sodium Pentothal
(also known as sodium thiopental,
thiopental, thiopentone sodium, or
trapanal) is a rapid-onset short-acting
barbiturate general anesthetic.
Barbiturates have anesthetic, sedative,
and hypnotic properties. Barbiturates do
not have analgesic effects. Thiopental is
an ultra-short acting barbiturate and is
most commonly used in the induction phase
of general anesthesia. In addition to
anesthesia induction, thiopental can be
used to induce medical comas in patients
with brain swelling due to trauma or
following surgery. Thiopental is sometimes
used intravenously for the purposes of
euthanasia in the countries where this
practice is legally permitted. Along with
pancuronium bromide and potassium
chloride, thiopental is used in some
countries to execute prisoners by lethal
injection. Sodium thiopental is a
depressant and is sometimes used during
interrogations as a “truth serum” to
weaken the resolve of the subject and make
him or her more compliant to pressure.
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