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Nembutal

Sounds Like: nem.BYOU.tall

Classification: Barbiturate

Controlled Substance Act Schedule: II & III

Other names for Nembutal

  • yellow jackets
  • pentobarbital

Nembutal Addiction

Pentobarbital, the generic form of Nembutal, is a key drug in capital punishment executions in the US. It’s also used in physician-assisted suicides in some European countries and US states. The pill is a depressant that can be used to manage convulsions in emergency situations. One can abuse the pills readily, and they have a long history of being used for non-medical recreational purposes.

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Intended Use of Nembutal

The generic form is used for lethal injections during capital punishment executions in the US. When used medically, Nembutal is prescribed for sedative and anti-convulsive purposes.

How Nembutal Is Taken

Nembutal is taken either as an injection or in a pill form. Pentobarbital also comes in a generic pill form.

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Side Effects of
Nembutal

As a central nervous system depressant, pentobarbital depresses the sensory cortex, decreases motor activity, alters cerebellar function, and produces drowsiness, sedation, and hypnosis.

Signs of an
Addiction to Nembutal

Nembutal can be habit-forming when dosing is left unchecked. The pill form was heavily used for many years by those abusing “yellow jackets,” a colloquialism referring to the appearance of the 50/100 mg pill form. When abused, Nembutal can produce the following symptoms:

  • Unsteady gait
  • slurred speech
  • Confusion
  • poor judgment
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia

Withdrawal can produce the following symptoms:

  • Anxiety
  • muscle twitching
  • tremor of hands and fingers
  • progressive weakness
  • Dizziness
  • distortion in visual perception
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Convulsions
  • Delirium

Nembutal
Abuse Facts

Aside from being a popular execution drug in prisons, pentobarbital is used in some countries for physician-assisted suicide.

Those addicted to the pill form use it non-medically for its depressant properties.