There was a pharmacist in San Francisco who killed himself using 6 fentantyl patches. For me, this seems like the best way to die.
Despondent that he was facing punishment for a fatal meningitis outbreak last year that...
www.sfgate.com
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"...a young pharmacist committed suicide by overdosing himself with powerful painkiller patches, coroner's reports say."
"Instead, she found him dead in bed, with six high-dosage fentanyl patches on his neck and chest and an open can of beer nearby."
"Fentanyl is a morphine derivative mainly used by patients with terminal cancer. The 100-milligram patch is the strongest made, and is designed to release the drug over 72 hours, said
Ryan de Guzman, a pharmacist in Stockton who teaches at the
University of the Pacific pharmacy School."
"I would imagine that it would be a peaceful way to knock yourself out, with no pain at all," de Guzman. "This is probably why he chose the route he did."