Talk:Pentobarbital

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[edit] Approved

Approved means FDA approved? That's a strong UScentric bias. It's an approved substance in Oregon, and there's little debate that it achieves the desired effect, so it should be listed. Just as a drug approved in Sweden for some purpose should be listed, or a drug approved in Malaysia. Sarge Baldy 20:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Here is what I originally wrote (prior to the edit conflict—I just had to go and clean up the approved uses format. Blech.):

Because while it may be used for such in the state of Oregon (PDF), it is not FDA (or anywhere else's agency) approved for such a purpose. I'm talking about in humans, by the way.

I only added the information in the third parentheses to make it less US-centric. I'm not saying that approved = FDA-approved. I said FDA approved because Oregon fell under their jurisdiction, and it sounded as if you were going by their use alone (are you?). In Oregon, like the rest of the United States, substances can be approved for one use, and prescribed for something else entirely (notice that Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses mentions coma induction is ischemia patients as an off-label use. Do you really see the manufacturers (yes, there's more than one at this point) going to the FDA and asking them for official approval for physician-assisted suicide? There just isn't that much money in it (it went generic decades ago, not exactly the most common use, etc). And doctors in Oregon already know it's good for that, so why bother?

I notice that you didn't cite single source for it's being approved for that purpose anywhere.--Rmky87 20:42, 2 May 2006 (UTC)