Buying Nembutal in Peru
We will be looking at buying Nembutal in Peru in Person. Like Mexico, Peru is another hot spot for buying Nembutal. Tourists have been going there from the USA and Australia to get the illicit drug Nembutal. PPD have been giving people information on the availability of Nembutal for more than two decades. The information has been updated over the years to keep members on track.
This information is for those who are looking to travel to Peru to buy Nembutal. If you want to buy Nembutal online then you can simply contact us for the list of suppliers. The suppliers will deliver directly to your home.
Buying Nembutal in Person: Peru
Nembutal has long been available over-the-counter in Peru and Bolivia. Some positive accounts from Ecuador and Columbia have also been received, and these are under ongoing investigation.
In Peru, sodium pentobarbital is known by unique Peruvian names. The most common brand in this part of the world is
‘Halatal’. A less common brand is called Pento-Hypnol. In Peru (unlike Mexico) Nembutal is sold in small 50ml bottles as opposed to 100ml bottles. However, the concentration is the same as that for the larger Mexican bottles. The concentration of both Halatal and Pento-Hypnol in Peru is 6.5gm per 100ml.
Lima – Peru
As a sprawling capital city of 10 million, it is not surprising that Nembutal is available in Lima if one knows where to look. As in much of South America, it is the Agro Veterinarias’ which sell Nembutal over-the-counter. These stores differ from Mexican Farmacia Veterinaria in that they also cater to the rural sector and farm animals, rather than just domestic pets. There is a cluster of such stores at the busy intersection of the ‘Norte’ (or northern) entrance to the ‘Estadio Nacional’ (national stadium), the home of the Peru national football team.
The intersection ‘Santa Beatriz’ in central Lima is a 20-30 minute cab-ride from the tourist area of the Miraflores, depending upon the traffic. (In Lima, taxis are cheap with the average rate per hour costing between 25 and 30 Peruvian soles. Hotels routinely organise cabs for guests which is one way of guaranteeing guest safety for the inexperienced traveller). While, in the past, some of these stores have sold Halatal freely over the counter, a prescription is now needed.
This is also the case for the Agro Suni store. However, there are others who will sell it.
While the feedback below was first provided in 2015/16, it has been confirmed as accurate (with some changes) in April 2022.
I went to Lima a few days ago and stayed at Miraflores. The Estadio Nacional is a short 12 soles ride (local drivers will often try to scam foreigners into paying 20+ soles). Neither AgroSuni nor Zoofarma would sell me Nembutal. Both had Halatal on display, but their sellers refused to sell me without a prescription.
There is, however, a third Agroveterinaria there. It’s a small place, without a name (or, at least, I could not find its name) a few meters to the right of AgroSuni (Zoofarma being a few meters to its left. (Ed’s note – or around the corner from Zoo Farma)
First time I went there the seller just told me to come back the following day, after 14:00. I went there at 14:45 to find a sign stating the store was closed from 13:30 to 14:30.
It opened at 15:00. After he saw me, the seller tried twice calling someone over the phone while dealing with the other customers (the place was full, with a bigger number of customers than AgroSuni), with no success.
After 30 minutes he finally reached the other guy and, within 15 minutes, I had 3 bottles of Halatal in my hand. I paid 162 soles in total. The seals were intact, and shelf life was [a year from the date of purchase].
This Agroveterinaria is a small place in the green and white building that also houses the “Asociacion de sub-oficiales tecnicos y especialistas de la policia nacional del peru”.
One can barely see its corner through google street view, next to the orange house. It’s quite ironic that a place that sells Nembutal freely shares the same building with police officials. The place sells all sorts of medicines, and, based on the many customers I saw while there, it’s the go-to place to buy things without prescription.
Another traveller wrote of the smaller third store:
I just returned from Lima Peru and managed to buy 3 bottles of pentobarbital sodium, 50ml/6.5gm produced by a company called Montana.
I bought it in Lima, as mentioned in the book near the Estadio Nacional, although not in the Zoofarma because they turned me down, saying they needed a prescrip-tion. But if you stand in front of the Zoofarma, facing it and walk to the left side, around 300 mtrs,you will find a very small veterinario which sold me happily 3 bottles exactly the same bottle as showed on page 275 in the book, total cost 105 soles plus 30 soles for the taxi.
I tried several big veterinarios, but they all turned me down, because they wanted a prescription for N, so probably only the small back street shops will sell it in Lima. Hope this is a useful update for the book.
Cuzco – Peru
For those who are up for adventure, the UNESCO world heritage city of Cuzco makes for an easy shopping trip for Nemb-utal. An hour’s flight SE of Lima, the city of Cuzco is mostly known as the jumping off point for visitors to the beautiful hidden Inca village of Machu Picchu:
The Agro Veterinarias in Cuzco are all located in a street called ‘Calle Tres Cruces de Oro’ (the three golden crosses) which is quite close to the tourist area of the old colonial city. Depending on one’s ability to deal with the 3500m altitude of Cuzco, it is possible to walk to these stores. In daylight hours, this area of Cuzco is relatively safe for tourists to stroll around. However, if you prefer to take a taxi, the hotel will call a trusted one for you. The cost for the cab is around 10 soles(~US$3) depending on the wait time needed while you do your shopping.
In Calle Tres Cruces de Oro, some stores will have the bottles on open display, either on the shelf behind the counter or in a glass cabinet under the counter. As a rule, to purchase Halatal from any of the stores in these streets, one only needs to ask for the brand name. Cuzco is known as a place where store attendants are more keen to make a sale, than to worry about the reasons for purchase. The price remains very cheap at around 140 soles per bottle. The photos of the stores on the following page were all taken in 2022.
Pre-Covid, Jay (Toronto ON), wrote of Cuzco:
Just thought I would take a moment to let you know that I was in Cusco this month & had no trouble whatsoever in purchasing 2 bottles of 50ml Halatal at one of the many veterinarian supply stores on Tres Cruces de Oro street.
The cost was approximately US $15 per bottle: Interestingly enough, as I had read in your book when I requested the Halatal they presented me with the Halatal KT.
I shook my head & said ‘Halatal solamente porfavor!’ and he just reached into another shelf & gave it to me.
This street is very easily accessible & totally safe. I walked there in less than 15 minutes from my hotel at around midday.
Brian from the UK wrote a similar story:
I am in Cusco, Peru and at the veterinary stores (there are many of them) picked up the Nembutal (Halatal). I got with ease 3 x 50 ml for $20 and the assistants where real happy for the business.
Cheryl from Australia later wrote:
I have recently returned from a holiday in Cusco, Peru in South America. I write to tell you of my experience. What happened was unexpected.
On showing the shop assistant the picture of Halatal, I got a shake of the head. Not to be deterred, I walked to another shop listed and got the same response. This happened at all the several shops I found of that type. By now I was quite upset.
At that point, another shop owner was starting to open up and there was a lady outside who spoke a little English: She accompanied me inside where I showed the picture again and the owner went in to the back of the shop and came back with a 50ml bottle of Halatal. I asked for 2 bottles, and he shook his head.
The English speaking lady explained that this was his only bottle in stock, and he might be getting another delivery in 2 days’ time. Unfortunately, most of us tourists have a very limited time in Cusco – I was leaving that afternoon – and I had to leave with my task incomplete since my intention had been to buy 2 bottles.
WARNING: There are 2 brands of Halatal. There ‘Halatal KT’ which is 10% Ketamine and contains NO Nembutal. Ha-latal KT is useless as a reliable end of life drug. And then there is just plain ‘Halatal’ which does contain Nembutal.
Both drugs are available in 50ml bottles and appear to have similar labelling, but they are DIFFERENT!
Dying in Lima
For those who do not like the idea of law-breaking by importing Nembutal back to their home country, there is always the option of dying in Peru. For Australian couple, Athol and Beverley Whiston, this was a viable plan.
Members of Peaceful Pill Directory for many years the couple who were in their 80s wanted to go together. Just as they said they had had the ‘perfect life’ together, so they wanted their death to be likewise. To this end, they spent several years travelling around Australia in their caravan. After joining PPD in 2011, they attended Exit workshops as well as smaller chapter meetings. They said they were always open and honest in their discussions and appreciated being part of a community of ‘like-minded people’.
They said the reason they had planned to die in Peru was to save ‘all the hassles of the Australian Customs and visits to our family home by the Australian Police’.
And so it was that in June 2017, Athol and Beverley were found by Peruvian Police sleeping’ peacefully, lying wrapped in each other’s arms in a suite at the Hilton El Pardo Hotel in Lima. While the couple had initially planned to die in Cuzco, they had both been affected by the altitude. After purchasing their Nembutal in Cuzco they returned to sea level in Lima.
Their after-Nembutal drinks consisted of Drambuie (for Athol) and a small glass of Sauterne for Beverley. It seems they had read this book well, where it is recommended that a strong alcoholic drink is taken after drinking Nembutal. The alcohol will not only take away the bitter after-taste of the drug but it will make the Nembutal work faster.
While neither was seriously ill (and therefore would not have qualified to use an end of life law, had such a law even existed in Australia), the Whiston’s main priority was to go together.
Theirs was a joint rational suicide: As Beverley explained in an interview with Dutch newspaper NRC shortly before they died, ‘why would I want to leave the other part of me behind?
It’s not possible, I can’t do that, we are one’.
Further information about the Whistons and the NRC Handels-blad report can be found on the NRC website at:
http://www.nrc.nl
