was he a few milligrams short of a fatal dose?
There is no fatal dose of Lasix per se. The guy that says they inject KCL for lethal injection is correct but that's not the same thing as Lasix. Lasix is a loop diuretic. meaning it depletes your potassium stores and a lack of potassium leads to cardiac arrythmias which can be fatal. 40mgs is an average dose of oral lasix. 20mg is low and 60mg is high. Oral is not as fast acting as IV either. And Lasix lasts 6 hours hence the name
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SIX hours. Like I said when you are probably already depleted from dieting and getting into contest shape, already have low intravascular and intracellular fluid to take lasix on top is stupid, especially without taking corresponding meq's of K. These guys have no clue how these drugs work. Also mega doses of anabolic steroids can already hamper your electrolyte levels.