01-20-2014, 02:00 AM
For the record, the drugs used for McGuire's execution were:
Midazolam, The drug is used for treatment of acute seizures, moderate to severe insomnia, and for inducing sedation and amnesia before medical procedures. Midazolam
Hydromorphone, Hydromorphone, a more common synonym for dihydromorphinone (not to be confused by dihydromorphine, which is a different derivative of the morphine family), commonly a hydrochloride (brand names Palladone, Dilaudid, and numerous others) is a very potent centrally acting analgesic drug of the opioid class. It is a derivative of morphine; to be specific, a hydrogenated ketone thereof, and it can be said that hydromorphone is to morphine as hydrocodone is to codeine and, therefore, a semi-synthetic drug. It is in medical terms an opioid analgesic and in legal terms a narcotic. Hydromorphone
The first drug, Midazolam, would have put McGuire to sleep, explaining the "snorting or snoring sounds" heard while the second drug, Hydromorphone went into effect-killing him.
Most people I know hope to die in their sleep. Sounds like that's exactly what McGuire did. If his family wanted him to die instantly, he should have been executed by firing squad.
Midazolam, The drug is used for treatment of acute seizures, moderate to severe insomnia, and for inducing sedation and amnesia before medical procedures. Midazolam
Hydromorphone, Hydromorphone, a more common synonym for dihydromorphinone (not to be confused by dihydromorphine, which is a different derivative of the morphine family), commonly a hydrochloride (brand names Palladone, Dilaudid, and numerous others) is a very potent centrally acting analgesic drug of the opioid class. It is a derivative of morphine; to be specific, a hydrogenated ketone thereof, and it can be said that hydromorphone is to morphine as hydrocodone is to codeine and, therefore, a semi-synthetic drug. It is in medical terms an opioid analgesic and in legal terms a narcotic. Hydromorphone
The first drug, Midazolam, would have put McGuire to sleep, explaining the "snorting or snoring sounds" heard while the second drug, Hydromorphone went into effect-killing him.
Most people I know hope to die in their sleep. Sounds like that's exactly what McGuire did. If his family wanted him to die instantly, he should have been executed by firing squad.