Alain Delon would receive the drug used in the death penalty to carry out the euthanasia, according to the Brazilian media R7. The drug that will be supplied, sodium pentobarbital, It consists of “a powerful sedative” that acts on the nervous system and causes death in a few minutes.
To complete the procedure, the actor must consume a drug belonging to the family of barbituratescalled sodium pentobarbital. Site R7 specifies that the patient should take a lethal dose of 15 gr. mixed “with some drink, possibly juice or water”.
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The substance was developed more than a century ago and is used as lethal injection of people on death row in the United States. Its application as an anesthetic agent in veterinary practices is also allowed.
For decades this drug was used as a tranquilizer and hypnotic, until it was dismissed due to the high risk of overdose and death produced by his administration.
It is currently authorized its use in patients undergoing euthanasia (in countries that allow this practice).
Pentobarbital can be given orally or intravenously
The Swiss organization Dignity provides non-profit assistance to patients and families requesting assisted dying. The entity explains on its website: “In all cases, for legal reasons, the patient must be able to perform the last act, that is, swallow or administer by gastric tube (…) by itself. If this is not possible, Dignity unfortunately can’t help.”
After 2 or 5 minutes of application, the drug begins to take effect and induces a deep coma, which in less than an hour produces death. “This process is absolutely risk-free and painless,” he stresses. Dignity.
Although the exact date of the procedure is unknown, the legendary hunk anticipated his farewell in the media and networks: “I want to thank everyone who has followed me over the years and given me great support. I hope that future actors can find in me an example not only in the workplace, but in everyday life between victories and defeats. Thank you, Alain Delon.”
“I am in favor of dignified death. First because I live in Switzerland, where euthanasia is legal, and also because I think it’s the most logical and natural thing to do,” Alain Delon said in a recent interview.
“The euthanasia law is an improvement for the world”
Pentobarbital and the death penalty
As of 2012, after the controversy generated by the multiple inconveniences associated with the application of the intravenous cocktail, the state of Texas developed the compound lethal injection for a single substance: pentobarbital.
Thereafter, the State Department of Criminal Justice implemented a new protocol. Yokamon Hearn, 33 years oldwas the first Texas inmate to die while being given the new formula.
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Switzerland and euthanasia
Through the actor’s statements to the brazilian site R7some details were known about the practice to which the film legend will undergo to put an end to his life.
Swiss law requires that the person suffering from an incurable condition repeatedly express your desire to die. Likewise, the legislation establishes that the subject must be in a situation of physical or psychological distress, “other than depression.”
Taking into account that Alain lives on Swiss territory, he asked his son anthony support him in his final decision.
In a conversation with French radio RTLthe son made his father’s wishes known: “Yes, it’s true, he asked me for that (for euthanasia).”
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“The end of my career and my life”
“Getting old sucks! You can’t do anything about it.”expressed three years ago the actor who suffers the consequences of a double stroke that occurred in 2019.
The same year Delon received a lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Festival and did not hide his feelings of farewell: “I think of this recognition as the end of my career and also of my life,” he anticipated.
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Solo Dios tiene autoridad y poder para llevarnos El Alma. Orar y pedirle ayude a alguien con enfermedades terminales con muchos Dolores es acertado. No tomar o injectarce para parar la vida. No se va a la Gloria de Dios. Es asi. Cuidarnos todos para partir como Dios quiere. Amen.