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* Primary: Sodium thiopental, 5 grams, intravenous
* Secondary: [[Midazolam]], 10 mg, intramuscular, [[Fentanyl]], 4,500mcg, and [[hydromorphone]], 40 mg, intramuscular
 
In the brief for the U.S. courts written by accessories, the State of Ohio implies that they were unable to find any physicians willing to participate in development of protocols for executions by lethal injection, as this would be a violation of medical ethics, such as the [[Declaration of Geneva|Geneva Promise]], and such physicians would be thrown out of the medical community and [[shunning|shunned]] for engaging in such deeds, even if they could not lawfully be stripped of their license.<ref name="New Ohio Poisoning Protocol"/>