{"id":7814,"date":"2017-02-21T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2018-03-06T19:16:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T03:16:52","slug":"docs-in-northwest-tweak-aid-in-dying-drugs-to-prevent-prolonged-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7814","title":{"rendered":"Docs In Northwest Tweak Aid-In-Dying Drugs To Prevent Prolonged Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Kaiser Health News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">JoNel Aleccia<\/p>\n<p>Two years after an abrupt price hike for a lethal drug used by terminally ill patients to end their lives, doctors in the Northwest are once again rethinking aid-in-dying medications \u2014\u00a0this time because they&#8217;re taking too long to work.<\/p>\n<p>The concerned physicians say they&#8217;ve come up with yet <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/in-colorado-a-low-price-drug-cocktail-will-tamp-down-cost-of-death-with-dignity\/\"> another alternative to Seconal<\/a>, the powerful sedative that was the drug of choice under Death with Dignity laws until prices charged by a Canadian company doubled to more than $3,000 per dose.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the third drug mixture recommended by the doctors whose medication protocols help guide decisions for prescribers in the six U.S. states where aid-in-dying is allowed. . . 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