There are currently 14 medicines listed in US state lethal injection protocols.
These are: Pentobarbital (17 states); Midazolam (8 states); Sodium Thiopental (15 states); Methohexital Sodium (1 state); Diazepam (1 state); Hydromorphone (1 state); Fentanyl (2 states); Etomidate (1 state); Pancuronium Bromide (14 states); Rocuronium Bromide (5 states); Vecuronium Bromide (4 states); Cisatracurium Besylate (2 states); Potassium Chloride (18 states); and Potassium Acetate (1 state).
Alabama
Midazolam, Rocuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Arizona
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol);
Sodium Thiopental (1 drug protocol)
Arkansas
Midazolam, Vecuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
California
Current moratorium (since 2019)
Colorado
Sodium Thiopental (or) Pentobarbital, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Florida
Etomidate, Rocuronium Bromide, Potassium Acetate (3 drug protocol)
Georgia
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Idaho
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol);
Pentobarbital, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol);
Sodium Thiopental (1 drug protocol);
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Indiana
Methohexital Sodium (or) Pentobarbital (or) Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Kansas
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Kentucky
Pentobarbital (or) Sodium Thiopental (1 drug protocol)
Louisiana
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol);
Midazolam, Hydromorphone (2 drug protocol)
Mississippi
Pentobarbital (or) Midazolam, Pancuronium Bromide (or) Vecuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Missouri
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Montana
Sodium Thiopental (or) Pentobarbital, Rocuronium Bromide (or) Pancuronium Bromide (2 drug protocol)
Nebraska
Fentanyl, Diazepam, Cisatracurium Besylate, Potassium Chloride (4 drug protocol)
Nevada
Midazolam, Fentanyl, Cisatracurium Besylate (3 drug protocol)
New Hampshire
Statute does not specify drugs; no executions since 1939
North Carolina
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Ohio
Pentobarbital (or) Sodium Thiopental (1 drug protocol);
Midazolam, Vecuronium Bromide (or) Rocuronium Bromide (or) Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Oklahoma
Nitrogen Gas – Promulgation of new protocol pending
Oregon
Current moratorium (since 2011)
Pennsylvania
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
South Carolina
Pentobarbital (or) Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
South Dakota
Sodium Thiopental (or) Pentobarbital, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol);
Sodium Thiopental (or) Pentobarbital, Pancuronium Bromide (2 drug protocol);
Sodium Thiopental (or) Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Tennessee
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol);
Midazolam, Vecuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Texas
Pentobarbital (1 drug protocol)
Utah
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride, Diazepam (4 drug protocol)
Virginia
Midazolam (or) Pentobarbital (or) Sodium Thiopental, Rocuronium Bromide (or) Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Wyoming
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
Federal Government
Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, Potassium Chloride (3 drug protocol)
