followed by a muscle relaxant. In recent years only 15% of those who died by euthanasia opted for orally consuming the lethal drug(s), the rest choosing to have the drugs administered intravenously by a doctor instead. In the United States, secobarbital and pentobarbital are the most common drugs prescribed under physician aid-in-dying laws in Oregon since 1998, Washington since 2008, and Vermont since 2013. Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited previously experienced various issues in their attempts to produce 100 mg secobarbital capsules. In 2017, secobarbital was made available for physician-assisted suicide in Canada. It is a component in the veterinary drug Somulose, used for euthanasia of horses and cattle. The of secobarbital has been reported to be between 125 mg/kg (rat, oral) and 267 mg/kg (mouse, oral). See also Tuinal References External links Marathon Pharmaceuticals - Seconal Full prescribing information for the United States. RxList.com - Secobarbital Consumer information. General anesthetics Barbiturates Eli Lilly and Company brands Allyl compounds GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators