Death on the doorstep of a border community - intentional self-poisoning with veterinary pentobarbital.
BACKGROUND
"Suicide tourism," the practice of traveling to a foreign destination to commit suicide, has been described in the medical literature. Additionally, committing suicide by self-administering veterinary medications has been previously described.


METHODS
We report two successful and one unsuccessful suicide attempts involving border-town travelers utilizing self-administered veterinary pentobarbital over a 1-year period.


CONCLUSIONS
Health care practitioners should be aware of and informed about this phenomenon.
Cantrell
F Lee
FL
California Poison Control System, San Diego, CA 92103–8925, USA. lcantrell@calpoison.org
Nordt
Sean
S
McIntyre
Iain
I
Schneir
Aaron
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000506:poisoning*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014195:Travel; D019155:Veterinary Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*
D019155:Veterinary Drugs; D010424:Pentobarbital