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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists reports a shortage of injectable potassium chloride. This drug shortage is important to people whose potassium levels are too low (hypokalemia) and who can't take it by mouth for some reason. Potassium chloride injection is an antidote to digitalis poisoning. When a physician prescribes digoxin to improve the heart's efficiency, potassium levels are usually monitored because hypokalemia can lead to cardiac arrest. Potassium chloride is injected directly into the heart muscle in order to stop the heart for some surgeries.
In Texas potassium chloride is the third drug injected during an execution. Now all three drugs used for execution for lethal injection are in short supply.
Shortage of injectable pentobarbital for execution by lethal injection
Shortage of injectable pancuronium
Shortages of Drugs for Lethal Injection
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