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  • “Consider, for instance, the following passage from the book, which describes his daily breakfast routine during the 70s: I would take a barbiturate to wake up … a Tuinal, pin it, put a needle in it so it would come on quicker.”

    The Guardian: Life by Keith Richards

  • “At least she never got involved with heavy downers like reds and Tuinal.”

    Simon & Schuster: Last Words

  • “The night before a particularly big day in court, my brother and I stopped by his pill doctor and picked up some Tuinal.”

    Simon & Schuster: HIGH ON ARRIVAL

  • “• Tuinal, for insomnia - a side effect of the cortisone”

    Taylor Marsh: The Thought of 'President Sarah Palin' Scares the Crap out of Me

  • “I was one of the last ones to leave before the city condemned the place, and in my boozy, cokey, Tuinal daze, I fancied myself quite the land pirate.”

    Simon & Schuster: Occupational Hazards

  • “His physicians administered large doses of so many drugs that Travell kept a "Medicine Administration Record," cataloguing injected and ingested corticosteroids for his adrenal insufficiency; procaine shots and ultrasound treatments and hot packs for his back; Lomotil, Metamucil, paregoric, phenobarbital, testosterone, and trasentine to control his diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, and weight loss; penicillin and other antibiotics for his urinary-tract infections and an abscess; and Tuinal to help him sleep.”

    Pulling Back the Curtain

  • “At their flat in Kensington, in London, Arthur Koestler and his wife, Cynthia, shared their own lethal cocktail of Tuinal and alcohol, and died together.”

    New Statesman

  • “The barbiturates in the Tuinal were quick-acting, and their effect was speeded up by the alcohol.”

    Culture | guardian.co.uk

  • “On a small table between them was a bottle of wine, a large bottle of Tuinal sleeping tablets and a jar of honey.”

    Culture | guardian.co.uk

  • “They sipped their drinks and steadily chewed on the Tuinal tablets coated with honey until one by one they slipped into a coma and passed away.”

    Culture | guardian.co.uk

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