Peaceful combo?

[NextBusLeaving]

In Colorado, a low-price drug cocktail will tamp down cost of death with dignity

Advocates want alternatives to drugmaker's pricey pills for those who choose to die in Colorado and elsewhere.

www.usatoday.com

 

[sleepy dog]

Its only for the terminally ill who are approved to use it.

 

[CursedFortune]

Wood and his colleagues came up with a new option this summer, a four-drug mixture that includes diazepam, digoxin, morphine and propranolol, known as DDMP. It costs between $300 and $600.

The mixture, which puts patients to sleep and then halts their heartbeat and breathing, has been used 38 times so far, Wood said.

"It is no more difficult than Seconal to ingest and it seems to work quite well," he added.

The mixture has been used "a fair amount" in California, where an aid-in-dying law took effect in June, said Grube. It's not yet known how many terminally ill patients have died under that state's law, but dozens have requested prescriptions, officials said.

I'm surprised that they listed the exact drugs for this cocktail. I wonder if it would be possible to figure out the amounts and ratios.

 

[Science Is Scary]

This paper goes into more detail about DDMP and the other cocktail. It includes the dosages. It is a little bit old and there might be better sources.

Harty C, Chaput A, Buna D, Trouton K, Naik V. The Oral MAiD Option in Canada Part 1: Medication Protocols. April 2018. https://camapcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OralMAiD-Med.pdf.

EDIT: Part 2 talks about administering DDMP a little bit.

Harty C, Chaput A, Buna D, Trouton K, Naik V. The Oral MAiD Option in Canada Part 2: Processes for Providing. April 2018. https://camapcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OralMAiD-Process.pdf.

 

[NextBusLeaving]

Its only for the terminally ill who are approved to use it.

Yes, but they listed the drugs so some extrapolation can be done. I have seen ppl on here with those same drugs on hand wondering if they can ctb with what they have...

 

[CursedFortune]

Yes, but they listed the drugs so some extrapolation can be done. I have seen ppl on here with those same drugs on hand wondering if they can ctb with what they have...

After some research, it seems the recipe for DDMP is clearly listed in the March version of the PPH.

 

[NextBusLeaving]

After some research, it seems the recipe for DDMP is clearly listed in the March version of the PPH.

Even better. Wonder if anyone here has attempted.