title: Death on the doorstep of a border community - intentional self-poisoning with veterinary pentobarbital.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: California Poison Control System, San Diego, CA 92103–8925, USA. lcantrell@calpoison.org
authors.forename: F Lee
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Cantrell
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordt
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneir
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D019155:Veterinary Drugs; D010424:Pentobarbital