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Pharmacology


The Currently Recommended Aid-in-Dying Prescription

6-22-21-Aid-in-Dying-Pharmacology-RecommendationDownload

Aid-in-Dying Medication Protocols, Explained and Updated.

10-11-22 DDMAPh UpdateDownload
12-21-21 DDMAPh Time-to-Death DataDownload
8-21-21 New Data Backs DDMAPhDownload
6-22-21 Separate Digoxin EliminatedDownload
1-12-21 Adding phenobarbital to DDMA protocolsDownload
7-8-20 DDMP2 no longer recommendedDownload
12-5-19 DDMA instead of DDMP2Download

Instructions for Mixing Aid-in-Dying Medications (video)


Amitriptyline and oropharyngeal/esophageal burning: How to mitigate this effect.


The Pharmacology and Physiology of Medical Aid in Dying
(presentation video)
Drs. Carrol Parrot and Lonny Shavelson review the origins and advances of aid-in-dying pharmacology at the National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid-in-Dying at UC Berkeley, February 14, 2020.
NOTE: Available with and without CME/CE credits.


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