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olympic
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:40 pm |
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Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.
Lawyers for Richard Cooey argue in a federal lawsuit that Cooey — 5-feet-7 and 267 pounds — had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and the problem has been worsened by weight gain.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, also says prison officials have had difficulty drawing blood from Cooey for medical procedures.
Cooey, 41, is sentenced to die for raping and murdering two young women in 1986. His execution is scheduled for Oct. 14.
His attorneys say a drug he is taking for migraine headaches could affect the execution process. The drug Topamax, a type of seizure medication, may have created a resistance to thiopental, the drug used to put inmates to sleep before two other lethal drugs are administered, Dr. Mark Heath, a physician hired by the Ohio Public Defender's Office, said in documents filed with the court.
Heath says Cooey's weight, combined with the potential drug resistance, increases the risk he would not be properly anesthetized.
"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey's public defender, Kelly Culshaw Schneider, said Monday.
Prison system spokeswoman Andrea Carson and Jim Gravelle, a spokesman for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, both said Monday they hadn't seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment.
Last year, Carson cited the obesity of condemned inmate Christopher Newton as one of the reasons prison officials had difficulty accessing his veins before his execution. Newton was 6 feet tall and weighed 265 pounds.
Two years ago, convicted killer Jeffrey Lundgren was put to death after a federal appeals court rejected his claim that he was at greater risk of experiencing pain and suffering because he was overweight and diabetic.
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I took topomax for about 6 months and I lost a lot of weight...gratfully I started taking it after I had my son, I took it for frequent,very severe migrains. It completely took away any appetite I had and it made diet coke taste HORRIBLE. My neurologist warned me about too much weight loss and I had to check in with him every couple months to make sure all was well as it is still an EXPERIMENTAL drug for migraines. I haven't had a migrain in almost 5 years now though. I have recently heard in the news of women taking it filing lawsuits for birth defects for taking it while pregnant or getting pregnant after just stopping and not getting it out of their system...I was also warned not to get pregnant again while I had it in my system.
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| olympic
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| Ber wrote: | | I took topomax for about 6 months and I lost a lot of weight...gratfully I started taking it after I had my son, I took it for frequent,very severe migrains. It completely took away any appetite I had and it made diet coke taste HORRIBLE. My neurologist warned me about too much weight loss and I had to check in with him every couple months to make sure all was well as it is still an EXPERIMENTAL drug for migraines. I haven't had a migrain in almost 5 years now though. I have recently heard in the news of women taking it filing lawsuits for birth defects for taking it while pregnant or getting pregnant after just stopping and not getting it out of their system...I was also warned not to get pregnant again while I had it in my system. |
ber isn't topomox given as a post cancer drug as well....with breast cancer
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No. I don't think so. There's an anti nausea drug that sounds similar...if i recall correctly but the name is escaping me right now. i have never heard topomax in connection w/ breast cancer.
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