Use By Right To Die Societies
High toxicity and relatively easy availability made propoxyphene a drug of choice for right to die societies. It is listed in Dr. Philip Nitschke's The Peaceful Pill Handbook and Dr. Pieter Admiraal's Guide to a Human Self-Chosen Death. "With the withdrawal of the barbiturate sleeping tablets from the medical prescribing list, propoxyphene has become the most common doctor-prescribed medication used by seriously ill people to end their lives." The slang name for the combination of propoxyphene and other drugs used for suicide is "Darvon cocktail".
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