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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by denton-scratch on Saturday October 08, 2022 @11:09AM (#33132936)
> I am worried that I will delay that decision and end up in a situation where I lose my faculties to make that decision.

I'm concerned about that too. Broadly, the circumstances in which I'd want to get it over with painlessly are circumstances where it's hard to see what I could do about it, like if I'm immobile in a hospital bed. I want a stash of Nembutal in my medicine cabinet, that's the drug recommended by Exit International; but I can't get it. You sometimes see sellers offering it on dark markets at $600 for 10g, but typically they have zero trades and zero reputation.

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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by Eisenstein on Saturday October 08, 2022 @11:48AM (#33133287)
Go to a big city and get a bindle of heroin. Or fentanyl on the dark markets.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by denton-scratch on Saturday October 08, 2022 @12:00PM (#33133392)
AFAIK, most "opiate deaths" are the result of vomiting while asleep.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by Eisenstein on Saturday October 08, 2022 @02:48PM (#33134857)
You are incorrect. Opiates slow your respiration and you stop breathing. You are probably thinking of alcohol deaths.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by astura on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:59PM (#33137452)
No, You're thinking of alcohol deaths. Opiates deaths are caused by opiates slowing your breathing and eventually stopping it.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by denton-scratch on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:39AM (#33141594)
Well, anecdote: It's usually said that Jimi Hendrix died of a heroin overdose. I believe the truth is that he died from inhaling vomit.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by astura on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:14PM (#33143149)
Jimi Hendrix neither had alcohol or heroin when he died.

He aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates. Specifically, large doses of the sleeping pill Vesparax.

Opioids kill by slowing breathing, full stop. The medical term is "Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression." Narcan very rapidly reverses this, which is how it saves lives.

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